308 LIMICOLiE. 



(S winhoe, Ibis, 1874, p. 163) ; and there are five in the Pryer collection 

 from Yokohama. T have also four examples collected by Mr. Snow 

 from the latter locality. 



It is occasionally seen in autumn on the dry river-courses, and on 

 the lake shores of Central Hondo (Jouy, Proc. United States Nat. 

 Mus. 1883, p. 316). 



The range of Hodgson's Einged Plover extends from Japan west- 

 wards across Central China to the Himalayas, at least as far west as 

 Nepal. 



308. CHAEADRIUS MONGOLICUS. 



(MONGOLIAN SAND-PLOVER.) 



Charadrius mongolicus, Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. ii. p. 136 (1826). 



The Sand-Plovers are a large and widely distributed section of the 

 genus which combine the two characters of having the base of the 

 outer web of the innermost primaries white, and of having no dark 

 subterminal band across the tail. The Mongohan Sand-Plover is 

 one of the larger species (wing from carpal joint 5"4 to 4*9 inches), 

 but it has a short bill (terminal vault -3 inch or less). 



Figures : Middendorff, Sibir. Reise, ii. pi. 19. figs. 3, 3. 



Head of Charadrius mongolicus. Natural size. 



The Mongolian Sand-Plover was originally described by Pallas 

 from examples obtained in Siberia, Mongolia, and the Kurile Islands. 

 It passes in considerable numbers along the shores of the Japanese 

 seas both on spring and on autumn migration. I have an example 

 obtained by Mr. Snow on the Kurile Islands (Blakiston and Pryer, 

 Trans. As. Soc. Japan, 1883, p. 108), and there is an example in the 



