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sis, iti the north. P. Bengalensis is however synonymous with P. 

 Taigoor; I did not see any difference, in. examples procured in tiha 

 Trincomalee district, from many south country specimens, and I 

 notice that Holdsworth, Catalogue Ceylon Birds, P. Z. 8., 1872, 

 No. 223, does notice the fact of another variety existing in the 

 north. 



. 124. Charadrius Fulyus, Gmelin. — The Indian Golden? 

 Plover. " Oleya," " Rana Watuwar," Sink. ; Charadrius longipes,, 

 Temrris — -Charadrius Virginicus, Beck — Layard, Annals Natural 

 History, volume 14, page 109. 



Migratory to Ceylon, appearing in September and leaving in April, 

 generally distributed in the low-country and found where there 

 are open lands ; more numerous between Baddegama and Galle 

 than, anywhere else in the south; occurs near Colombo in hot 

 weather; found in the maritime districts of the south-east, but not 

 in any great numbers. This species wanders about a good deal 

 in hot weather, being found, there in spots which it never fre- 

 quents at other times. 



125. JEgialites mongolicus, Pallas — The Lesser Sand; 

 Plover; "Watuwa," Sinli. Hiaticula Leschenaulii, Lesson. — 

 Layard, Annals Natural History, volume 14, page lu9; Kelaart,, 

 Prodromus Faunae Zeylanica, page 1331- 



Around the whole coast of Ceylon, arriving in October and depart- 

 ing as late as the first week in May. Frequents sandy banks of* 

 rivers and open lands in the south-west; found after rain in such 

 spots as the " Galle Face" at Colombo, and the esplanade at Galle 

 numerous round all the salt lakes and lagoons from Hambantota 

 to Trincomalee, and very abundant north of that on Nilaveli, 

 Kumburaputty, Periya Karrety, and Mullaittivu back-waters and- 

 in all lagoons to the extreme north. At the- west coast it is 

 numerous from Jaffna down to Negombo lake. 



126. JEgialites Ddbins, Scop.— The Indian Ringed Plover.- 

 iEgialites Philippensis, Scop. Hiaticula 1 Philippina, Scop.;: 

 Layard, Annals Natural History, 1854, volume 14, page 109. 



North, west, east, and south-east coasts. Not nearly so abundant 

 as, and. more local than, the last species; common in the north- 

 west, where Mr. Holdsworth thinks it is resident; occurs at times^ 

 down the west coast on grass lands near the sea;, absent from the 

 south-west and not frequent on the salt pans of Hambantota and : 

 Kirinda; more numerous,' as far as I have observed, along the* 

 north-east -coast than elsewhere, where it affects the shores of all 

 the salt lagoons beyond Nilaveli" to Mullaittivu. All these- 

 small species of charadrina ' are met with on the lagoons and estua^ 

 ries of Jaffna. 



