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Genus ESACUS. 

 Bill much longer than the head. Edges of bill notched towards tip. Nail of 

 mid toe hollowed beneath. Found in India, Indian Archipelago, and Australia. 

 Frequents margins of rivers and seaboard. 



122. Bsacus recurvirostris. The Gebat Stonb-Plovbb, 



Abi, Bara Karwanak, India; Talur, Sind; Gang-titai, Bengal. 



$ 19" to 21" ; If lbs. Legs yellow. Bill yellow, tip black. Gulmen almost 

 straight. Eyebrow, ear-coverts, and moustache blackish. Plumage above grey, 

 with dark shaft stripes. Below white. Sixth primary brown. Eesident in 

 India, Burma, and Ceylon. Usually alone or in pairs, on banks of larger rivers. 

 Two eggs (2-15 x 1-6), drab, with dark blotches. (J. 858. B. 1419.) 



123. Bsacus magnirostris. The Australian Stone-Plovek. 

 $ 22J". Legs yellow. Bill greenish. Culmen curved, convex. Band round 

 eye extending back over ear-coverts. Chin and throat pure white. Nape, back, 

 and scapulars earth-brown. First five primaries umber-brown. Sixth primary 

 white. Australia and Malay Archipelago, Borneo, the Andamans, and Cocos 

 Islands. Eggs 2-6 x 1-75. A bird of the seashore. (B. 1420. S.F. ii. 290.) 



Family DEOMADID^., 



Bill long, arching towards tip; strongly angulated below. Nostril perforated 

 in the bill itself. Hind toe raised. First quill longest. Shores of the Indian 

 Ocean. Single white egg. 



Genus DROMAS. 

 dpo/ids=a street- walker, a runner. 



Bill strong, longer than the head. Culmen regularly curved. Angle of lower 

 mandible prominent. First quill longest. Feet much webbed. Mid claw notched. 

 A remarkable genus. 



124. Dromas ardeola. The Ckab-Plovee. 

 (J 15". Legs plumbeous. Bill black. Head, neck, and below white. Mantle 

 and wing-coverts black. Small patch in front of eye, and another at back of 

 head, black. Asiatic and African shores of the Indian Ocean, west of the Malay 

 Peninsula, including Persian Gulf and Eed Sea. Single egg (2-54 x L77), white, 

 laid in a hole about 4 feet long, dug obliquely in the sand. (J. 861. B. 1421.) 

 See illustration, p. 146. 



Family GLAEEOLIDiE. Courier Plovers or Coursers, and Swallow 

 Plovers or Pratincoles. 

 Bill short and arched. Nostrils in a depression, not in a groove. Fourth and 

 third toe united by web. Mid claw pectinated. Tarsus transversely scaled in 

 front and behind. With or without a hind toe. Confined to the Eastern Hemisphere. 

 Young hatched covered with down, and able to run in a few hours. 



Subfamily Cursoeiin^. 

 No hind toe. 



