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Bill dull black ; irides dark brown ; feet plumbeons black. 



This Golden Plover arrives in the valley of Nepal about the 

 beginning of September, and is common there, in cut rice fields 

 and swampy ground throughout that month and to nearly the 

 middle of October. I obtained it as early as the dth Septem- 

 ber. On its migration north, in the spring, it does not appear 

 to make any stay in the valley. 



849 Ms,—MgiBlitis placida, G. R. Gr. 



Female, November. — -Length, 8*7 ; expanse, 18*3 ; wing, 5 '8 ; 

 tail, 3'3 ; tarsus, 1'35 ; bill from gape, 0'9 ; bill at front, 0*78 ; 

 tibia bare, 0*4; closed wings short of tail, 0"4. 



Bill black, extreme base of lower mandible yellow ; irides 

 dark brown; margin of eyelids ochre yellow; feet pure ochre 

 yellow ; claws black. 



This species was only met with in November on the banks 

 of the streams in the Nawakot district. It appeared 

 to be always solitary, and was not common. 



849.— iEgialitis dubia, Scop. 



Twelve specimens. — Length, 6'0 to 6*5 ; expanse, 13*3 to 14-2 ; 

 ■wing, 4-15 to 4-63 ; tail, 2-15 to 265 ; tarsus, 0*9 to 1-0 ; tibia 

 bare, 0-3 to 0-33; bill from gape, 0-52 to 0-6 ; bill at front, 

 0"48 to 0-53; closed wings short of tail, O'l to 0-6. 



Bill black ; base of lower mandible and gape orange or yel- 

 low ; margin of eyelids gamboge yellow ; irides dark brown ; 

 feet dusky or dingy greenish ; claws black. 



A specimen in immature plumage, shot in the valley on the 

 15th April, measured : — 



Length, 5*8 ; expanse, 12'7 ; wing, 4 ; tail, 2*2 ; tarsus, 0*8 ; 

 bill from gape, 0*5; bill at front, U*43 ; closed wings short of 

 tail, 0-3. 



AH these specimens seem to be clearly referable to one species 

 only, and yet some of them are small enough for ^. minuta as 

 given by Jerdon. I have examined specimens labelled minuta 

 in Mr. Hume's collection (one with a wing, 4*25), and I cannot 

 see how they are to be separated from dubia. If minuta is 

 a good species, it is to be hoped that some one will define the 

 points by which it can be discriminated from dubia.^ 



This Ringed-Plover is very common in the Nepal Valley from 

 September to June, but only a few birds are to be seen in July 

 and August. I found it common in winter in the Nawakot 

 district and the plains of Nepal. 



* See S. F., VIL, 227 wand 300 w. la the spring and summer the legs of <iM6»a 

 become yellow, those of minuta do not. — Ed. 



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