THE LITTLE INDIAN HINGED PLOVER. 
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Pegu, and Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay procured it at Rangoon. Dr. Arm 
strong observed it in the Irrawaddy Delta, and Mr. Davison at many points 
in Tenasserim. I do not remember to have seen it in Northern Pegu, nor 
has it been recorded from Arrakan, but it is very likely to be found in 
these parts of Burmah. 
It has a wide range, inhabiting the greater part of Europe and Africa, 
and the whole of Asia down to the Philippine Islands and Celebes. 
This species appears to visit Burmah only in the winter; but it is very 
probable that it has been overlooked in the summer, for it seems to breed 
in many parts of India, and there is no reason why it should not do the 
same in Burmah. Its eggs will be found on sand-banks, probably in April. 
718. ^aiALITIS JERDONI. 
THE LITTLE INDIAN RINGED PLOVER. 
^gialitis minutus (Fall.), apud Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 641 ; Legge, S. F. iii. p. 372 ; 
Hume ^ Dav. S. F. vi. p. 456 ; Cripps, S. F.Yii. p. 300 ; Jlimie, S. F. viii. pp. 112, 
199 ; Oates^ S. F. x. p. 238. ^gialitis alexandrimis (L.), apud Bl. B. Bunn. 
p. 154. .^gialitis philippinns (Lath.), apud Hume, JS. F. iii. p. 179. 
iEgialitis jerdoni, Legge, P. Z. S. 1880, p, 39 ; id. Birds Ceylon, p. 956. 
Description. — Similar to dubia, from which it differs in being 
smaller, in having the edges of the eyelids swollen and protuberant, and 
in having the basal half of the lower mandible yellow. Another point of 
difference, according to Mr. Hume, is that in summer the legs of jE.jerdoni 
do not become yellow as in dubia. 
Length 6 inches, tail 2-2, wing 4-1, tarsus '9, bill from gape -55. The 
female is rather larger, approaching in size the male of jFI. dubia. 
The Little Indian Ringed Plover is generally distributed over Burmah, 
but is nowhere very abundant. I procured it near Thayetmyo and also in 
Southern Pegu along the banks of the canal. Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay got 
it at Tonghoo, and Mr. Davison observed it in Tenasserim about the 
latitude of Moulmein. 
It occurs in suitable localities over the whole of India and Ceylon, the 
Indo-Burmese countries, and Cochin China, where Dr. Tiraud procured 
many specimens near Saigon. 
This Little Plover is probably a constant resident in Burmah, notwith- 
standing the fact that all my specimens were procured in the winter 
season. In the rains when sand-banks are submerged its area of distribu- 
tion must become much restricted, and it is likely at this time of the year 
to escape observation. Major Legge found it breeding in Ceylon. 
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