OF EASTERN TURKESTAN. 185 
848.—Aigialophilus cantianus, Latham. 
6. Yarkand, 26th April.i—Length, 6°7; expanse, 15°7; 
wing, 4°4; tail, 2:2; tarsus, 1:2; bill, from gape, 0°8; closed 
wings reach to end of tail; weight, 1°350z. 
Bill, black ; irides, dark brown; legs and feet, greyish black ; 
claws, black. 
Three females, Sughuchak and Yarkand, April, June and 
July.-—Length, 6:2 to 6°7; expanse, 18°8 to 14; wing, 4°2 
to 45; tail, 1:9 to 2:2; tarsus, 1 to 1°18; bill, from gape, 
0°8 to 0°85; closed wings fall short of tail,0°2 to 0°4; 
weight, 1:2 oz. to 15 0z. Bill, black; irides, dark brown; 
legs, plumbeous to dull black ; feet, dull black; claws, black. 
The Kentish Ring-Plover is a seasonal visitant to the 
plains of Eastern Turkestan, arriving about the end of March 
and disappearing entirely in winter. It frequents stony 
ground and efilorescent wastes, always in the neighbourhood of 
shallow pools of water. When disturbed it appears to take only 
short flights, but runs very nimbly over the ground. On the 
25th April my shikari found three eggs in a slight depression 
on the ground, near a little salt pool at Sughuchak; he set a 
trap close to these eggs and captured two birds (male and 
female of this species) which he brought to me alive, with the 
three egos. These eggs measure respectively 1:24 by 0°92, 
1°22 by “0: 91 and I: a1 by 0°93. In shape the eggs are hrewd 
ovals compressed at one end; they have no oloss whatever. 
The ground color is buffy café au lait, with spots, streaks, and 
blotches of dark or blackish purple, closely gathered together 
at the large end ; the small end only sparsely marked. 
The Turki name given to this species is Chul/ok; it is also 
sometimes called Sai Yamghurchi, Yamghurchi, being the exact 
Turki aquivalent of Pluvialis, and Sai meaning a stony steppe. 
849.— Migialitis fluviatilis, Bechst, 
g. Juv. Kashghar, 14th December.—Length, 6:2; wing, 4°2; 
tail, 2°15; tarsus, 0°95; bill, from gape, 0°6; Bill, black ; irides, 
blackish brown ; legs and feet, orange yellow; claws, black. 
6. Yarkand, 25th April.—Length, 6°5 ; expanse, 13°8 ; wing, 
4°5; tail, 2-4; tarsus, 1:05; bill, from gape, 0°6; closed wings 
fall short of tail, 0°3; weight, 1:15 oz. Bill, black, yellowish 
at base below ; edges of eyelids, yellow; legs and feet, dusky 
fleshy ; claws, black. 
@. Yarkand, 24th April—lLength, 7:0; expanse, 14°7; 
wing, 4°75; tail, 2°25; tarsus, 1°U5; bill, from gape, 0°65 ; 
closed wings fall short of tail, 0-4; weight, 1:7oz. 
Bill, black, reddish at gape below. ; edges of eyelids, vellow 
legs and feet, fleshy ; claws, black, 
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