jEgialitis. 159 



^gialitis curonica. Little Einged Plovbe. 



Charadrius curonicus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 693 



(1788). 

 Charadrius minor, Naum. vii. p. 225, xiii. p. 229 ; Macg. iv. 

 p. 128 ; Hewitson, p. 299 ; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 473 ; id. 

 ed. 3, ii. p. 502. 

 Charadrius curonicus, Gray, p. 141. 

 -^gialitis minor, Gould, iv. pi. 42. 

 ^gialitis curonicus, Harting, p. 134. 

 .^gialitis curonica. Dresser, vii. p. 491. 

 The Little Ringed Plover, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 409. 

 Curonica, because it inhabits Ouronia (Courland) on the Baltic. 



A rare straggler to the coasts of England. It is found 

 throughout Europe south of the Arctic regions, in Asia as 

 far south as Java, and in Africa as far south as the Gaboon 

 and Mozambique. 



.Slgialitis hiaticula. Ringed Plover. 



Charadrius Hiaticula, lAnnceus, S. N. i. p. 253 

 (1766). 



Charadrius hiaticula, Naum. vii. p. 191; Macg. iv. p. 116; 



Hewitson, p. 296; Crray, p. 140; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 465; 



id. ed. 3, ii. p. 494. 

 iEgialitis hiaticula, Gould,iy. pi. 41; Harting, p. 44; Dresser, 



vii. p. 497. 

 The Ringed Plover, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 401. 



Hidficula, Gaza's translation (in 1476) of Aristotle's xapacpifJs (cf. Chara- 

 drius) ; so called from its haunting the mouths {hiatus) of rivers. 



Common and resident on almost all parts of our coasts. 

 It is found throughout the whole of Europe, ranging east- 

 ward into Western Asia ; and it winters in Africa as far 

 south as the Cape colony. It has once been recorded from 

 Australia. 



