196 RAMBLES OF A NATURALIST. 
155. MIDDLE RING PLOVER, #ialitis intermedius 
(Ménétr.). 
Is not uncommon in the Delta, associating with the 
smaller species, but we did not get any south of Cairo, 
156. LITTLE RING PLOVER, gialitis fluviatilis 
(Bechst.). 
A resident, universally distributed and very common. I 
imagine they generally breed by the river; but at Gebel 
Silsilis, a small flock had located themselves at the brink of 
the desert a mile inland, at a place resembling Thetford 
Warren in Norfolk (where 4. hzaticula breeds inland). 
How interesting it is to watch these Little Plovers running 
nimbly over the sand, or gazing at the shipping on the 
river, or with quick movements picking up the minute sub- 
stances which constitute their food ! 
157. KENTISH PLOVER, “giahtis cantiana (Lath.), 
(Hasselquist 30). 
The Kentish Plover must have been rarer than usual, as 
I only shot one at Gow lake (with some 4. varius), and 
saw another in the market at Alexandria. Captain Shelley’s 
remark is that it isa very abundant Plover both in Egypt 
and Nubia. 
158, AFRICAN SAND PLOVER, gialitis varius (Vieill.) ; 
. longipes, Heug. ; 
Fig., Ibis, 1873, p. 262. 
I did not find this species consorting with the Little Ring 
Plover. It may be that it prefers lakes to the river. I 
