752 Birds of Celebes: Charadriidae. 



further from Xew Guinea and New Ireland, and questions Schlegel's deter- 

 mination of the specimens of A. curonica from Java, Borneo, and (Jelebes in the 

 Leyden Museum, suggesting that they may be jerdoni. Since A.jerdoni occurs in 

 New Guinea as well as India, it is of course almost certain that it will be 

 found in the intermediate countries, either as a migrant or a resident ; at present, 

 however, we know of no satisfactory proof of this. The Sarasins' specimens 

 from Celebes show themselves by their large size and by their bills to be 

 A. curonica, most likely wanderers from the north, and Schlegel's specimens 

 are probably the same. A. jerdoni is described by Legge as having the wing 

 99 — 108, tail 51 — 56, tarsus 24 — 25.4 mm, and without or with a very small 

 amount of black extending from the lores across the base of the forehead, with 

 more yellow on the bill, the basal half of the lower mandible and a spot at 

 the base of the culmen being yellow, and with a remarkably protuberant and 

 corrugated fleshy orbital circle. 



It appears possible that A.jerdoni has arisen from A. curonica from individuals 

 which have settled in the winter quarters, like as Charadrius fuhus and Aegialitis 

 yeoffroyi seem to have done in one or two spots. 



The Little Ringed Plover may be looked for on the strand of fresh water 

 lakes and of rivers, especially as Naumann says, those which have not a muddy 

 bed; among other places it is plentiful along the Elbe near Dresden, where it 

 breeds, leaving for the winter. Its note is a plaintive pipe or whistle, rather 

 like that of a young chicken, and well expressed by Naumann as "dia", both 

 vowels uttered shortly and almost in one tone. 



^^22. AEGIALITIS PERONI (Schl.). 



Malay Shore Plover. 



n. Charadrius peroni [Temin. in Leyden Mus.] , {1) Bj]., Compt. Rend. 1856, XTJTT, 417, 

 Nr. 68 (descript. nulla); (2) Schl., Mus. P.-B., Cursores, 1865,*33; {3} Gray, HL. 

 1871, ni, 16, Nr. 10005; {4} Briigg., Abh. Ver. Bremen 1876, V, 89; (5) Rosenb., 

 Malay. Arcliip. 1878, 277; (6) Seeb., Distr. Charadr. 1887, 166. 



b. Charadrius alexandrinus {1} Mottl. & Dillw. (nee Hasselq.), Contr. Nat. Hist. Lab. 1855, 



47 (fide Salvad.). 



c. Charadrius philippinus [1] Pelz. (nee Lath.), Novai'a Reise, Vog. 1865, 116, 162. 

 (/. Aegialites perronii {1} Swinh., P. Z. S. 1870, 139. 



Aegialitis peroni (I) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, VrH, 90, pi. X, fig. 2; {2] Salvad., Cat. Ucc. 

 Borneo 1874, 315; {3) Tweedd., P. Z. S. 1878, 344, 711; {4} Meyer, Ibis 1879, 

 141; (5) Hume, Str. F. 1879, Vm, 200, 201; (6) Legge, B. Ceylon 1880, 948; 

 (7) Sharpe, Ibis 1884, 322; (8) Guillem., P. Z. S. 1885, 417; {9} Sharpe, Ibis 

 1888, 203; {10} W. Bias., Ornis 1888, 319; {11} Everett, J. Str. Br. R. A. S. 1889, 

 205; [12) Whitehead, Ibis 1890, 58; {13) Sh. & Whitehead, t. c. 142; (14) Steere, 

 List B. & M. Philipp. 1890, 25; (15) Heine & Rchw., Nomencl. Mus. Hein. 1890, 

 336; {16) Sharpe, Ibis 1894, 243, 258; ? (17) Vorderm.'), N. T. Ned. Ind. 1895, 



'i A specimen recently described by Dr. Vorderman (N. T. Ned. Ind. 1892, LI, 409) from Java as 

 A. peroni shows itself by its long wing (116 mm) to be some other species — perhaps curonica, since the shaft 

 of the first primai-y only is white and the tail measures 55 mm. 



