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a. alexandrina! Lores always crossed by a dusky stripe. In summer, pileum brownish 
gray or dull buff. Wing, 4.40 ; culmen, .55-. 60 ; tarsus, 1.02-1.12 ; middle toe, .55-60. 
Hah. Europe, etc. 
/3. dealbata (?). 2 Lores always with a black streak. In summer (and frequently in winter 
also), pileum bright reddish buff or cinnamon-rufous. Wing, 4.35-4.70 ; culmen, .68-78; 
tarsus, 1.10-1.15 ; middle toe, .65-.70. Ilal. Eastern Asia (Hong-Kong, etc.). 
y. nivosa. Lores usually entirely white (never with a continuous or distinct dusky streak). 
In summer , pileum pale brownish gray or grayish buff Wing, 4.20-4.30 ; culmen, .60 ; 
tarsus, .90-1.05; middle toe, .55-. 60. Hub. Western America; Yucatan; Cuba (?). 
B„ Nape without trace of white or dusky collar. 
a. Culmen equal to or longer than the middle toe, the bill slender. 
6. IE. albidipectus. 3 Breast without trace of either black or grayish band, but tinged, espe- 
cially on each side, with light cinnamon ; the sides of the neck and an indistinct nuchal 
collar deeper cinnamon; forehead, cheeks, and lower parts, except as described, white; 
loral stripe, crown, post-ocular streak, and post-auricular spot dusky black. Wing, 4.10; 
culmen, .60 ; depth of bill at base, .17 ; tarsus, 1.10 ; middle toe, .55. Hub. Chili. 
7. 2E. collaris. 4 Forehead, cheeks, and lower parts pure white, the jugulum with a dis- 
tinct black transverse band, broadest laterally ; distinct loral stripe and anterior half 
of the crown black ; upper parts grayish brown, the feathers margined with paler, and 
tinged with rufous, especially on the crown, auriculars, and sides of neck. Young, with 
the black on the crown and lores absent or barely indicated, and the jugular band much 
narrowed, or even interrupted, in the middle portion. Wing, 3.70-4.15; culmen, .60; 
depth of bill through base, .15-. 17 ; tarsus, 1.00-1.10; middle toe, .50-. 55. Hah. Tropi- 
cal America in general, from Paraguay, Buenos Ayres, and Chili to Southern Mexico. 
8. IE. falklandica. 5 Forehead, lores, and under parts white, the jugulum crossed by a 
1 TEgialitis alexandrina (Linn.). The Kentish Plover. 
Charadrius alcxandrinus, Linn. S. X. ed. 10, I. 1758, 150. 
JEgialitis alexandrinus, Collett, Christ. Vidensk. Fork. 1881, 4. — Stejn. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 
Vol. 5, 1882, 35. 
Charadrius cantianus, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. 1801, p. lxvi. 
HSgialitis cantianus, Boie, Isis, 1822, 558, et Auct. 
Charadrius albifrons, Meyer, Tasclienb. deutsch. Vog. ii. 323. 
Charadrius littoralis, Bechst. Naturg. Deutschl. iv. 430, pi. 23. 
JEgialitis albigularis, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 552. 
2 (?) TEgiathtis dealbata, Swinh. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1870, 138 (southern coast of China, 
including Formosa and Hainan). 
To this bird I refer, with much hesitation, five specimens of an YEgialitis from Hong-Kong Bay, col- 
lected by Mr. P. L. Jouy, of the United States National Museum. These birds, while closely resembling 
HI. alexandrina (vel cantiana), are uniformly much larger than European examples of the latter, as 
indicated by the measurements given above ; they are likewise much more, richly colored, an adult male 
collected November 12, and an adult female obtained about the same time, having the entire crown and 
occiput a soft cinnamon-buff or light cinnamon-rufous, the female having even the whole dorsal region, 
including the tertials, tinged with this color. 
3 TEgialitis albidipectus, Ridgw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. Vol. 5, 1883, p. 526. 
4 TEgialitis collap.is (Vieill.), Azara’s Binged Plover. 
Charadrius collaris, Vieill. Enc. Metli. II. 1823, 334. 
JEgialites collaris, Scl. k Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, 252; Nom. Neotr. 1873, 143. 
Charadrius Azarce, Liciit. Verz. Doubl. 1823, 71. — Temm. PI. Col. 184. 
“ Charadrius larvatus, Lesson.” 
JEgialitis gracilis, Caban. .1. f. O. 1872, 158 (Isthmus of Telmantepiec). 
5 iEgialitis falklandica (Lath.). Falkland Island Pving Plover. 
Charadrius falklandicus, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. 1790, 747. 
JEgialites falklandicus, Abbott, Ibis, 1801, 155. 
“Charadrius annuligcrus, Wagl. Syst. Av.” 
“ Charadrius pyrrhoccphalus. Lesson et Carnot.” 
Charadrius trifasciatus, Light. Verz. Doubl. 1823, 71. 
“ Charadrius bifasciatus, Wagl. Syst. Av. spec. 31.” 
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