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BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
715. ^aiALITIS MONGOLICA. 
THE LESSER SAND-PLOVER. 
Charadrius mongolus, Pall. Reis. Russ. Reichs, iii. p. 700. Charadrius mon- 
golicus, Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. ii. p. 136. Charadrius pyrrhothorax, Temm. 
in GouWs Birds Europe, pi. 299. -Slgialitis pyrrhothorax, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. 
p. 639. jEgialitis mongolicus, Harting, Ibis, lS70,ip. 384; Salvad. Ucc. Born. 
p. 316 ; Hume, 8. F. iii. p. 179 ; Bl. B. Burm. p. 153 ; Armstrong, S. F. iv. 
p. 339 ; David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 427 ; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 942 ; Kelham, 
Ibis, 1882, p. 10. Cirrepidesmus mongolicus, Hume, S. F. i. p. 230, ii. p. 289 ; 
id. Nests and Eggs, p. 571. .flSgialitis mongolus, Hume ^ Dav. S. F. vi. p. 455 ; 
Cripps, 8. F. vii. p. 299 ; Hume, S. F. viii. pp. 112, 200 ; Oates, S. F. x. p. 237. 
Description. — Male and female in winter. Quite similar to the last, from 
which it only diflPers in being smaller. 
In summer the plumage of the two is also very similar ; but the present 
species is characterized by being more rufous on the breast, neck and 
crown. 
The bill and other parts are coloured as in the last. 
Length 7*5 inches, tail 2*2, wing 5^ tarsus 1'3, bill from gape '8, swollen 
portion of the upper mandible "3. 
This is to be distinguished from the last only by its size and especially 
by the dimensions of the bill and tarsus. 
The Lesser Sand-Plover is a common winter visitor to Burmah_, being 
found not only on the sea-coast but on all the rivers of the interior_, especi- 
ally where these have low flat banks. 
This Plover inhabits nearly the whole of Asia, extending down to 
Australia ; it is also found in North-east Africa, and it is said to occur 
occasionally in Europe_, but Mr. Dresser excludes it from his list. 
716. ^aiALITIS CANTIANA. 
THE KENTISH PLOVER. 
Charadrius cantianus, Lath. Ind. Orn. Sui^pl. p. Ixvi. .^gialitis cantianus, 
Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 640 ; Armstrong^ S. F. iv. p. 340 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. 
p. 483, pi. ; David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p, 430 ; Hume ^ Dav. S. F. vi. p. 456 j 
Hume, 8. F, viii. pp. 112, 200 ; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 947 ; Oates, 8. F. x. 
p. 237. ^gialophilus cantianus, Hume, 8. F. i. p. 230 ; id. Nests and Eggs, 
p. 571. .^gialitis alexandrinus (i,), Bl. B. Burm. p, 154. 
Description. — Male in summer. Forehead and a broad supercilium white ; 
crown and nape pale rufous ; a broad band separating the white of the 
