310 limicoLjB. 



but to be a resident in Southern Japan, ■whence its range extends 

 southwards to Formosa, South China, and Hainan. There is no ex- 

 ample from Yezzo in the Swinhoe collection, but it is probable that 

 the typical dark-legged form is found there (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, 

 p. 452). In the Pryer collection there are nine examples of the 

 pale-legged form from Yokohama, and one of the dark-legged form 

 unfortunately without any locality affixed. 



The pale-legged race has been described as specifically distinct 

 under the name of ^gialites dealbatus (Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1870, p. 138), but there can be little doubt that the two races in- 

 tergrade, and that the Chinese race ought to be called Charadrius 

 cantianm dealbatus. 



310. CHARADRIUS GEOFFROYI. 



(GEOFFROY'S SAND-PLOVER.) 



Charadrius geoffroyi, Waglei, §y8t. Av. p. 61 (1827). 



GeofEroy's Sand-Plover is one of the larger species of the section 

 (wing from carpal joint 5| to 5|^ inches) , with a long thick bill 

 (length from frontal feathers '95 to '8 inch, of which the terminal 

 vault occupies about half). 



Figures : Harting, Ibis, 1870, pi. 11 ; Dresser, Birds of Europe, 

 vii. pi. 521. 



Head of Charadrius geoffroyi. Natural size. 



GeoflFroy's Sand-Plover is a very rare accidental straggler to Japan, 

 and the only authority for its occurrence in any of the Japanese 



