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CHAKADKICS. 



Seasonal 

 changes. 



/m: 



ft 



Asiatic continent it is a summer visitor throughout the Palsearctic Region as far north as 

 lat. 60°, and a winter visitor throughout 

 the greater part of the Oriental Region, 

 wandering into the Australian Region as 

 far as Celebes and New Guinea. 



Young in first plumage have the 

 black on the head aud neck replaced by 

 brown ; but little or no difference can be 

 traced to the effects of sex or season, as 

 might be expected of inland species, which 

 seldom frequent the sea-shore even in 

 winter, and consequently do not require 

 to assume for protective purposes the 

 colour of the mud-flats. 



CHARADRIUS MINOR JERDONI. 



JERDON'S RINGED PLOVER. 



Diagnosis. Charadrius minor magnitude minore. 



Variations. Tropical examples completely intergrade with those from Temperate Regions. 



Synonymy. 

 Literature. 



^Egialitis jerdoni, Legge, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1880, p. 39. 



Plates. — None. 



Habits. — Legge, Birds of Ceylon, p. 956. 



Eggs. — Hume, Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, p. 572. On an average slightly smaller thau 

 those of the typical form. 



Geographi- A small race of the Little Ringed Plover is a resident in India, Ceylon, Burma, and 



caldistribu- Cochin China _ 



tion. 



It is said to differ from its Palsearctic ally in being smaller (wing 3"9 to 4'25 instead 

 Specific of 4"3 to 4 - 7 inch), in having the edges of the eyelids swollen and protuberant, and in 



characters. having the basal half of the lower mandible yellow. It is possible that it may be entitled 

 to rank as a subspecies. 



