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pure in fresh specimens ; (?>) the black throat band (in adults) 

 is distinctly broader and more strongly marked in orientalis ; 

 (c) there is more black (again in adults of course), in front 

 of and under the eye in orientalis ; (d) there is a more pro- 

 nounced rufous tinge on the breast and upper abdomen of 

 adults of orientalis; (e) the upper plumage is of a slightly 

 darker shade, and there is generally a more marked rufous 

 tinge on the back of the neck of orientalis ; (/) the red of 

 the gape, which is present in adults of both species, extends 

 more on to the lower surface of the lower mandible in praiin- 

 cola than in orientalis. 



Bearing in mind all these points there ought to be no 

 difficulty in separating specimens of the two species, even 

 where the tails are imperfect. — A. 0. H.] 



844.— Squatarola helvetica, Lin. 



Malvan. | 



23rd January 1880, Male. — Length, 11£ ; wing, 1\; tail, 

 3£; tarsus, If; bill, 1£. Irides brown; bill black, pale horny 

 at base. 



I have only seen Grey Plover hitherto at the locality named. 



845.— Charadrius fulvus, Gm. 



Bankdt. 

 , Kelshi. 

 Batnagiri. 



Common in the cold weather on the mud and sedge banks of 

 the tidal creeks and wet paddy fields. At high tide, when the 

 mud flats are covered, these Plovers congregate in largish 

 flocks, and after circling round a few times often fly inland 

 to the dry plains and uplands where they pass their time till 

 the receding tide again leaves their feeding grounds accessible. 



They arrive early and leave late as compared with other 

 migrants, and at one time I thought it possible that a few 

 stayed to breed on the laterite plateau above the Ratnagiri 

 station. On the 16th April one year T saw Golden Plover there 

 in almost full breeding plumage, and on the 2nd September 

 following shot young birds apparently too weak to have come 

 a long journey. But I have since ascertained, beyond reason- 

 able doubt, that no Plover do remain during the rains at 

 .Ratnagiri. 



[845 quat. — iEgialitis asiatica, Pall. 



Amongst the specimens forwarded to me for verification 

 by Mr. Vidal was one identified by him as Afyialitis geoffrcyi, 

 shot at Ratnagiri on the 10th of October 187 ( J. The slender 



