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^GIALITIS. 



(i.) No white ring round the neck. 

 140. .ffigialitis geoffroyi. The Large Sand-Plovbe. 



(J 8^" to 9;|" ; 2^ to 3 oz. Legs grey-green. Bill black. — In winter : Grey- 

 brown. Eye-streak and above bill white. Below white. Secondaries partly 

 white on outer web. Shafts of all primaries partly white. Axillaries white. 

 — In summer : White mark on each side of black forehead. No supercilia. 

 Breast rufous. Throat white. Migratory, breeding in Japan, Formosa, and 

 Hainan, and wintering on the shores of the Indian Ocean from S. Africa to 

 Australia. (J. 846. B. 1442.) 



141. .ffigialitis mongolica. The Lesser Sand-Plover. 



(J 7^". ? 7". Legs plumbeous. Bill black. Similar to, but smaller than, 

 ^. geoffroyi. Summers in C. and N. Asia, Japan, and Alaska. In winter visits 

 the shores of the Indian Ocean from S. Africa to Queensland. Has been found 

 breeding in Upper Indus Valley and Tibet. Sharpe has also added ^. pyrrothorax, 

 similar to above, as wintering in India. (J. 847. B. 1443.) 



142. .Sgialltis asiatica. 

 Legs horn. Bill black.- 



The Caspian Sand-Plover. 



■In winter: Crown, nape, and above hair 



first primary 



brown. Broad rufous breast-band. Axillaries white. Shaft of 

 and subterminal portion of second white. Shaft of third primary dark throughout. 

 In mmmer : Above pale brown. No breast-band, but patch dusky grey on each 

 side of breast. Breeds on Caspian and Aral Seas and in C. Asia. Winters in Africa. 

 Found in Persian Gulf and occasionally in India. (B. 1444. S.F. vii. 438.) 



143. .ffigialitis vereda. The Eastern Dotterel. 



(J 8J" to 9 J". Legs yellowish. Bill black. — In winter: Crown and neck 

 brown, more or less buflFy below. Under-tail white. Shafts of first and second 

 primaries white, of the third dark throughout. Axillaries dark grey. — In summer: 

 Crown and above white. Forehead, eyelids, and chin white. Collar buflf. Broad 

 rufous breast-band. Breeds in N. China and Mongolia, and winters in Malay 

 Peninsula and Australia. (B. 1445. S.F. i. 83.) 



