462 Mr. C. A. Wright's Second Appendix to a 



almost uninterrupted bars. Tail pure white ; the two middle 

 feathers and some of the others, as well as the outer ones, 

 slightly tipped with brown. Throat, under wing- and tail- 

 coverts, and sides pure white. Chest and crop ashy brown, 

 with a violet tinge on the lower parts. Abdomen white, mixed 

 with fawn-colour. Bill black. Legs yellow. Colour of eye 

 and eyelids not distinguishable. 



I could not learn any particulars whether this wanderer was 

 in company with others when shot. All that I could ascertain 

 was that it was obtained two days previously (16th Oct.), near 

 Casal Zabbar, on the east coast of the island. For some time 

 prior to this, strong southerly and easterly winds were prevalent. 

 It had probably found its way from Egypt to Malta by way of 

 Benghazi or Tripoli, although, at this season, the contrary 

 course might be expected, birds in general migrating, in the 

 autumn and winter, from a northerly to a southerly region. 

 But I am more inclined to think that it was accidentally blown 

 off the coast of North Africa, and was thus forced to make 

 an unwilling journey in unknown parts, rather than that it was 

 returning, in a course of regular migration from a visit to 

 Europe, to its former haunts. 



I have since received a female specimen of Chcetusia leucura 

 from Mr. Stafford Allen, at Alexandria, who writes to me as 

 follows : — " Although I have generally looked upon this as a 

 very rare bird, having only once seen it alive (and was then 

 unable to shoot it), it seems to be not very uncommon somewhere 

 near Alexandria, since I have seen, I should think, not less than 

 twenty specimens here during the last two months (Nov. and 

 Dec), sometimes as many as three or four in one morning. I 

 have preserved four or five; but as they mostly have their 

 throats cut, according to the Mahommedan custom, it is 

 troublesome work.'' 



lu a postscript of January 3rd, he adds : — " This morning I 

 saw four Chatusia leucura in the market ; but none were very 

 good specimens. Perhaps they are unusually abundant this 

 year, which may account for your visitor.'' 



257. Charadbius longipes, Temminck. (Asiatic Golden 

 Plover.) 



