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white, with a reddifh tinge: on the upper part of the breaft a narrow 
band of deep fhining green paffing half round : tail feathers fhort, and 
of unequal lengths, of the fame grey colour as the upper part of the 
body for two-thirds of the length, where it is croffed by a broad 
black band; the remainder white: eyes brown: legs and feet blueifh : 
bill and claws black. 
Such is the defcription of MZ. Sonnini, who thinks it comes near to 
our Black-beaded Plover *; and indeed the defcription feems fome- 
what to juftify the fentiment; but on comparifon, they appear to differ 
in many particulars. He faw feveral in various parts of Egypt, 
‘moftly in pairs, feldom in troops, and then not exceeding feven or 
eight: feed on aquatic infects.; never alight on the mud, but frequent 
the fandy parts only. Whenthey take wing, they utter a litcle fharp 
cry, repeated feveral times : are obferved to run rather than fly, feldom 
quitting the ground: are by no means fhy, fuffering themfelves to be 
eafily approached. 
® See Pluvian, P/, Exlum. 918. 
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