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a- cUexandrina.^ Lores always crossed by a dusky stripe. In Kitmmer, pileiinv brownish 



gray or dull buff. Wing, -J. 40 ; culmeu, .55-.60 ; tarsu.-;, 1.0:2-1.12 : midillu toe, ..")5-.G0. 



Hab. Europe, ete. 

 j3. (lealbaf'.i (?).'- Lore.-A always with a black .streak. In summer (and frecpiently in winter 



also), pileuni bright rjildish buff or cinnamon-rufous. Wing, 4.35-4.70 ; culnien, .68-.78; 



tar.sus, 1.10-1.1;") ; middle toe, .()5-.70. Hob. Eastern Asia (Hong-Kong, etc.). 

 y. nivosa. Lores usually entirely white (never with a continuous or distinct du.sk}' streak). 



In summer, pileum pale brownish gray or grayish buff. Wing, 4.20-4.30 ; culnien, .60 ; 



tarsus, .90-1.05 ; iiiid<Ue toe, .55-.GO. Hab. Western America ; Yucatan ; Cuba (?). 

 B. Nape without trace of white or dusky collar. 



a. Culnien eipial to ur longer than the inid<lle toe, the bill slender. 



6. .ffl. albidipectus.^ Breast without trace of either black or grayish band, but tinged, espe- 



cially on each side, with light ciunamou ; the sides of the neck and an indistinct nuchal 

 collar deeper cinnamon; forehead, cheeks, and lower parts, except as described, white ; 

 loral stripe, crown, post-ocular streak, and post-auricular spot dusky black. Wing, 4.10; 

 culmcM, .(>0 ; deptli of bill at base, .17 ; tarsus, 1.10 ; middle toe, .55. Hab. Chili. 



7. .33. collaris.'' Forehead, cheeks, and lower part.s pure white, the jugulum witli a dis- 



tinct black transverse band, broadest laterally ; distinct loral stripe and anterior half 

 of the crown black ; upiier parts grayish brown, the feathers margined with paler, and 

 tinged with rufous, especially on the crown, auriculars, and sides of neck. Young, with 

 the black on the crown and lores absent or barely indicated, and the jugular Ixmd much 

 narrowed, or even interrupted, in the middle portion. Wing, 3.70-4.15 ; culmen, .00; 

 depth of bill through ba.se, .15-.17; tai-sus, 1.00-1.10; middle toe, ..50-.55. Hab. Tropi- 

 cal America in general, from PiiKiguay, Buenos Ayres, and Chili to Southern Mexico. 



8. JS. falklandica.^ Forehead, lores, and under parts wliite, the jugulum crossed by a 



1 .^GlALlTts ALEXANDRIXA (Liini.). The Ki'iitish Plover. 



Charadrius alcxandrinus, LiXN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 150. 



jEgialiUs alcxandrinus, CoLLETT, Christ. Vidcnsk. Forh. 1881, 4. — Ste.jn. Proc. U. S. Xat. Mas. 



Vol. 5, 1882, 35. 

 Charadrius cantianus. Lath. Iiid. Orii. Suppl. 1801, p. Ixvi. 

 ^gialitis cantianus, Boie, Isis, 1S22, 558, et AucT. 

 Charadrius aWifrons, Mf.yf.I!, Taschenb. deutsch. Vog. ii. 323. 

 Charadrius litlnralis, Bechst. Naturg. Dcutschl. iv. 430, pi. 23. 

 JEr/iaHtis albigulnris, Bueiim, Vog. Dinitsclil. p. 552. 

 - (?)^GIALITIS DEALBATA, Swiiih. Proc. Zuol. Soc. Lond. 1870, 138 (.southern coast of China, 



including Foiinosa and Hainan). 

 To this bird I refer, with much hesitation, five specimens of an ^gifdilis from Hong-Kong Bay, col- 

 lected by Mr. P. L. Jouy, of the United States National Museum. These birds, while closely resembling 

 ^. alexandrina (vel cantiana), are unifoimly much larger than European examples of the latter, as 

 indicated by the measurements given above ; they are likewise much mori' ricbh' colored, an adult male 

 collc-cted November 12, and an adult female obtained about the same time, having the cntiic crown and 

 ocei|Hit a soft cinnamon-buff or light ciunamou-rufous, the female having even the whole dorsal region, 

 including the tertials, tinged with this color. 



' /EciALiTls ALBlDiPECTfs, Ridgw. Proc. C S. Nat. Mus. Vol. 5, 1S83, p. 526. 

 * .dioiAiiTls C0LL.\Ris (Vieill.), Azaia's Ringed Plover. 



Charadrius collaris, Vieill. Enc. Meth. II. 1823, 334. 

 ^gialiles collaris, ScL. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, 252; Nom. Xeotr. 1873, 143. 

 Charadrius Azara;, LiCHT. Verz. Doubl. 1823, 71. — Temm. PI. Col. 184. 

 " Cliaradrius larvaius. Lesson." 



JEgialilis gracilis, Caban. J. f. 0. 1872, 158 (Isthmus of Tehiiaiitepec). 

 5 .ffiGlALiris FALKLANDICA (Lath.). Falkland Island Ring Plover. 

 Clutradrins falkiandicu.-i. Lath. Ind. Oin. ii. 1790, 747. 

 ^gialites falklandicus, Abbott, Ibis, 1801, 155. 

 "Charadrius annuligerus, Wagl. Syst. Av." 

 " Charadrius pyrrhoceplialus. Lesson et Gakxot." 

 Charadrius trifascialus, Licht. Verz. Doubl. 1823, 71. 

 " Charadrius bi/asciatus, Wagl. Syst. Av. spec. 31." 

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