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The dimensions of the shin are as follow : — 



Length, 8'4; wing-, 5'5 ; tail (from insertion of feathers), 2*2 ; 

 bill at front (from margin of feathers), 0'87 ; bare portion 

 of tibia, 0*75 ; tarsus, 1"42. 



The tarsus is short. In a very similar but somewhat older 

 bird, killed on the 4th January at Ofjimbuigne, Damara land, 

 it is 1*5 full, and in an adult 1*6 nearly. I say nothing further 

 here as to the diagnosis of this species, because there are now 

 nine species of JEgiulitis known certainly to occur withiu our 

 limits, and I propose to give separately a rough key by which 

 these species may be readily distinguished in the plumage in 

 which we usually meet with them. — A. 0. H.] 



846.— iEgialitis geoffroyi, Wagl. 



Guhagar. 



Ratuagiri. j 



\6th March 1879, Female. — Length, 8| ; wing, 5| ; tarsus, 

 H; bill, 1. 



Rare. The only specimens I obtained were amongst mixed 

 flocks of mongola and cantiana. 



847.— iEgialitis mongola, Fall. 



Guhagar. 

 Bat.nagirl, 



Malvan. 



6th March 1879, Female. — Length, 1\ ; wing, 5 ; tarsus, \\ ; 

 bill, | at front. Legs plumbeous ; feet aud toes darker ; bill, 

 orbits, and irides black. 



Very common in the cold weather on the Coast aud on the 

 banks of the tidal creeks. 



848.— iEgialitis cantiana, Lath. 



Guhagar. 



6th March 1879, Female. — Length, 6f ; wing, 4£ ; tarsus, 1. 

 Legs light plumbeous ; feet darker ; bill black, yellow at base ; 

 orbits black ; irides brown. 



4/A March 1879, Male.— Length, 6£; wing, 4| ; tarsus, H. 

 Not so common as mongola. 



849.— iEgialitis dubia, Scop. 



Guhasar. I Makapral. I Dcvrukh. 



Vcngorla. 



5th March 1879, Female.— Length, 7 ; wing, 4f ; tarsus, 1. 

 Legs yellow ; bill black, yellow at base ; orbits yellow ; 

 irides dark browu. 



Generally distributed from Coast to Ghats, though scarce 

 inland. 1 have frequently seen these Plovers in pairs towards 



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