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CHAUADUIID.E — THK PLoVKRS — yEGIALITIS. 



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muil-fluts aroiuul tlie Wunn-spring Laki' numbers wcir si'oii luuniiig nimbly anil 

 swiftly over tliu ground, all the whilr iittt-ring a suit, ratlicr nnisical, whistling noti'. 

 All tilt' spt'ciiut'iis procurt'il were in the lull Invt'ding-pluniagc. 



Mr. K. \V. Ni'lson alsd mentions nii'i'ting with this spfcics on tlu' shores of Salt 

 hake, near the mouth of the Kiver .Ionian. The birds were abundant, and he saw 

 the young — oidy a few days ohl — the 1st of August. 



The eggs of this speeie.-i have an average length of 1.18 inches, and a breadth of 

 .'.)."i. Their ground is a light fawn-A-olored ilrab. over which tine dottings, lines, 

 and irregular markings of a dark bistre are etjually distributed, except aiiout the 

 smaller end. which is nearly free from any nuirk. These eggs were taken near San 

 i'lancisco by the late iMr. T. Hepburn. The eggs of .h'. nnitlmnis. to which this 

 sp»'cies is now regarded as being very closely allied, are of a slightly more oblong 

 shape, measuring !.:.'."> inches in length, and .*.M» in breadth. They have a yellowish 

 stone-colored ground, spotted and .streaked with bhick. 



More re(!ent specimens of the eggs of the iih'usd have a ground-i-olor of a ]mle 

 grayish butt', with markings in form of snuill dots and zigzag i)encillings of black, 

 and measure l.l.'.i by .i)(>. and \.'S> by .S.l inches. 



^Igialitis mongolica. 



THE MONGOLIAN PLOVEB. 



Charadriim vumiioluK, P.vi.i.. lirisc, iii. 177t>, 7iiO. 



CliuriitlriuH iniiiiijiiliiiis, I'ai.i.. Zimjjr. I!iism)-As. ii. 1831, 130. 



.■EijiiillUn iiiuiiiju/kiis, .SwiNH. I'. Z. S. l,sti:), :tlii ; 1«70, Hit. — H.msmxi;, Ibis, 1870, 384 ; P. Z. S. 



1S71, 111, 114 (<'li(iri.>( I'l'iiiiisulii, Alaska, stnniiitT !), — 

 Charatlriits rirrlii/Hilaiiiiiis, Wai!!.. .S'st. Av. 1S27, fol. 4, [i, 13, no. 18. 

 Chiiriiili-iiiH iiiihtrh, Wahi,. Syst. ,\v. \^'l'. t. i', Inl. '>, \>. .1, no. 40. 

 Cliin-iiilriiiH siiiKjiihii iix, l.i-.ss. .Man. Oiii. ii. IS'JS, :i;(0. 

 Chiiriiiln'K.i i-iijli'olllt, "Ci'viKii A: Tkmm." I'icii. I!cv. Zool. IS.M, 282. 

 Chnniili-iuH riiji,i,//iis, Hr.vrn, An. & .Miij.-. N'. II. xii. 1843, lt!9. 

 Chiiriiilrhi.i siihnijiiiiis, llniMisiiN, Zmil. .Mi*i'. 1H44, St!. 

 i'liiiniili-iiiH iiiirrhiilhiii-(i.i\ " Tkmm." (im in. Pi. V.w. 1S37, pi. 'Jlty. 

 AJijiiilitii iiiii-i-liiii/iiiiii.i; Keys. & III. As. Willi. Kur. lS4ii, 7o, ct Ai'cr. 

 Ultiliciilii iiioriiiilii, tiiiri.n, B. Aiistr. vi. |il. !!•. 



IIaii. Niirllicrii .Asia in general, \vi'.-,t tn St. IVlcrsliing, I'ak'stint', and Northcosteni Africa, 

 I'.'i^t to CJKiris IViiiiisuia. Alaska ; in winter, migrating south tliruiigh Soiithfri Asia, Pliilipiiiiics, 

 .Malay Ariliipclagu, etc.. to Ausiralia. 



Ailiilt (J, Id sumiiiir (N'o. K."i77!), Vokolmma, .Japan, April 2k ; P. L. Jouy); Froiuk-t, lores, and 

 a liiiiad band hcncalli the eve. invnlviiiL; tlie auiinilars, iliill Mark; a latlici iiaiiow IVniital hand 

 lit ilull Mack, aiiti'iiiirly reaching to the liase of tlie calnu'ii and ]iosterioily joining the tipper 

 anterior iiiaigiii of the t^ye ; lietweuii this and the black loiid stripe n iiiirrow stripe of white, reach- 

 ing,' to within about .10 of an inch of the anterioi' aiiu'le of thi> eye ; lower eyelid white. Anterior 

 and lateral portions of pik-nni light rcildish Imif, the central ]iortioii (occiput and ]ioHteriiir part uf 

 ci'iwn) (hill lii'owiiish gi-ay ; nape and bivast clear li;,'ht ifdcli.',li cinnainon, paler on the former, 

 and laterally extending, brokenly, i.loiig the sides to the Hanks ; ivst of lower parts jmn- white, 

 tliat of the throat very abruptly bounded posteriorly against the reddish cimiair.on of the iiieast. 

 I'pp'T i>arts (except as descrihed) brownish gniy, witii a slight lironzy lustre in certain Iij,dits, the 

 li[is of the i:feater wing-coverts and .secondaries, basal ]iovtion of outer webs of iinier primaries, 

 sides of ruiiii», and tips of iip|HT tail-coverts, white. Hill, legs, and feet, black. Win^, .'i.l.') ; tail, 

 -MX); culiuen, .(i2 ; tarsus. 1,1."); iniildlc toe, .7!>. U'inhr jiliimuiie : "' I'pper parts light grayii^h 

 brown ; loral streak, ear-coverts, and latero-])ectoral patch, more or less marked with brown. A 

 faint brown bar runs across the breast. Forehead, eyebrow, chin, throat, and under parts, while. 



