J VES. 429 



244. Eudromias asiaticus (Pall.). 



Apparently less abundant than the last on the coast. 

 I shot some specimens inland at Eairo in Habab in 

 August. They were in flocks, on open grassy ground. 



245. .ffigialitis Geoffroyi (Wagler). 



Charadrius Geoffroyi, WagL Syst. Avium, Charadrius 19, 1827. 

 C. LesehenauUii, Lesson, Manual d'Om, L p. 322, 1828. 

 HiaMcvla Geoffroyi, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 415. 



Common on the sea-coast. I killed one specimen with 

 a red breast in January. 



246. JEi. niveifrons, Cuv. 



This was abundant at ZuUa in June, and apparently 

 breeding, for the birds ran about with the usual tricks, 

 pretending lameness and inability to fly. I also shot a 

 specimen at Massowa in August. 



247. JE,. tricollaris, VieiU. 



Cha/radrius tricollaris, VieiUot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist, Nat. xxviL 



p. 147. 

 Siaticula indica, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 412. 



Iris grey, darker outside, orbit orange red ; bill with 

 basal half flesh-coloured, tip black ; legs livid flesh- 

 colour. — In flocks about freshwater springs at Ail at and 

 Amba near Massowa, never seen on the sea-coast. 



248. Chettusia melanoptera, Eiipp. 



Iris yeUow, greenish round the pupils ; skin round 

 the eye and legs purplish red. 



In the characters of the wing and in the absence 

 of the hind toe, this form belongs to the Charadrius 



