158 ^GIALITIS. 



147. .Sgialitis placida. The Long-billed Kinged Plover. 



(J 8" to 8|". Legs yellow. Bill black, base yellow. Greyish fuscous. 

 Quills fuscous black. Front, throat, collar, below and margins of wiiig-coverts 

 white. Black and grey breast-band. Shafts of all primaries brown. E. Asia, 

 Manchuria, Japan, China, and N.E. India. Migratory, visiting India in cold 

 season. (B. 1440.) 



148. .ffigialitis melanops. The Australian Einged Plover. 



c? 6". $ 5-8". Legs orange-yellow. Bill yellow, tip black. Forehead, 

 streak on either side extending through eye and ear and meeting behind, dark 

 brown. Breast-band brown-black. Wing-coverts ashy. Scapulars maroon. 

 Described by Jerdon as C. russatus. Not included by Blanford among Indian 

 Birds. 



Also the following with no hind toe : — 



^. peroni. S 6". 9 5 J". With shafts of all quills white. From Malayan Archipelago. 

 Java to Philippines, Borneo, and Celebes. 



^. marginata. i 6-8". 9 6-5". With inner secondaries white. From S. Africa. 



^. pallida. 6". With inner secondaries brown. From Madagascar and E. Africa. 



.<S. mnusta. 5-3". From E. Africa. 



^. ruficapilla. 6". With neck and mantle rufous. From S. New Guinea, Australia, and 

 Tasmania. Accidental in New Zealand. 



jE. collaris. S 6-3". 9 6". With black collar on foreneck. From S. America and Mexico. 



JE. nivosa. Similar to ^. alexandrina. From W. coast of America. 



^. meloda. With white collar on hind neck. N. America, wintering in S. America, 

 Bermuda, etc. 



^. occidenialis. S 6-5". 9 6-8". With feet and toes black. From Chili. 



^. falklandica. 7". With double black band across foreneck and chest. From S. America. 



JE. pecriaria. i 6J". 9 6". Primaries excepting third with white shafts. From Africa. 



^. thoracice. From Madagascar. 



jS. sanctce helence. 7J". First primary only with white shaft. From St. Helena. 



Jl. cucullata. <J 83". 9 8". Throat black. From Australia and Tasmania. 



^. obscurus. 10". Below rufous. No bands. From New Zealand. 



^. bicinctus. 7i". Triple breast-band black, white, and chestnut. From Australia and 

 Tasmania. 



-<S. wilsoni. 6-3". With single band across foreneck. From America. 



^. pyrrothorax. Shown by Sharpe as additional to ^. mongolica, and as wintering in 

 India. 



Also the genus Eudromias. One species — E. morinellus, SJ", the Dotterel, shaft and outer 

 web of first primary white, from N. Europe and Siberia, wintering in Mediterranean countries 

 and N.E. Africa. 



Also the genus Podasocys. One species — P. montanus, 84", from W.N. America. 



Also the genus Oxyechus. Four species — 0. voci/erus, S 9", 9 10", from N. America, 

 migratory to S. America ; 0. tricollaris, S 7-2", 9 64", from S. Africa ; 0. bifrontatus, from 

 Madagascar; and O.forbesi, 8-4", from W. Africa. 



Also the genus ^giaUus. One species — jS. semipalmatm, 6i", from N. America, wintering 

 in C. and S. America. 



Also the genus Pluvianellus. One species — P. sociabilis, 74", from Patagonia. 



Also the genus Thinomis. Two species — T. novce zealandix, 7", from New Zealand and 

 Chatham Island ; and T. rossi, 74", from Auckland Islands. 



Also the genus Anarhynchus. One species — A. frontalis, £ 7", 9 74", from New Zealand. 



Also the genus Peltohyus. One species — P. australis, 8", with tarsus transversely scaled 

 both in front and behind, from Australia. 



