1920.] the Birds of tJie An(/lo-E(/j/ptian Sudan. 813 



Family CiiARADUiin^. 



Squatarola squatarola squatarola. 



Tr'iiiya sqnatdt'ola Linn, Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 119: 

 Enrope, restricted type-loeality Sweden. 



Squatarola squatarola Reieliw. V. A. i. |). 163. 



The Grey Plover is recorded from " Nubia '^ by Hemprich 

 and Ehrenberji^, from Suakin l)y Heuglin, and from Kordofaii 

 by Petherick. 



Pluvialis dominicTis fulvus. 



Charadrius fulvus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. \)t. 2, 1789, p. 087: 

 Tahiti ; Butler, Ibis, 1908, p. 261. 



Charadrius doiiiinicus fulvus Reich vv. V. A. i. }). 166. 



In Mr. Butler's notes occurs the following : — "I once saw 

 one of these Golden Plovers (with grey axillaries) being 

 carried about the streets of Khartoum for sale.^^ It has 

 been recorded from Abyssinia by Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 

 and from Soraaliland by Revoil. 



Charadrius hiaticula tnndraB. 



yEqialitis hiaticola tundrce P. R. Lowe, Bull. B. O. C. 

 xxxvi. 1915, p. 7: lifenesay Valley, Siberia. 



[B. coll.] 1 Khartoum Dec. 



There are only three specimens ol' the Ringed Plover from 

 the Sudan before us, but wo are inclined to assign them, as 

 well as nearly all the examples from the east coast and from 

 the interior of Africa, to this smaller and darker race. The 

 larger race seems to be the chief form fonnd on the west 

 coast. 



Charadrius dubius curonicus. 



Charadrius curonicus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. ])t. 2, 1789, 

 p. 692: "Curonia/' i.e. Courland. 



Charadrius dubius curunicus Hartcrt & Jackson, Ibis, 

 1915, p. 532. 



[B. coll.] 1 Khartoum Feb. 



[C. & L. coll.] 1 Kamisa Dec. Sen.; 1 Kosti Mch. W.N. : 

 1 Kodok Mch. U.N. 



The Little Ringed Plover is widely distributed in winter. 



