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III. THE KENTISH S.AND-PLOVER. .EGIALITIS ALEXANDRINA. 
Cliaradrius ahxandrimts, Linn, Syst. Nat. i. p. 258 (1766). 
Macgill. Brit.B. iv. p.125 (1852); 
Seebohm, Hist. Brit. B. iii. p. 25, pi. 26, figs. 7-9 (1885). 
Aigialitis cantiatius. Dresser, B. Eur. vii. p. 483, pi. 523 
(1876); B. O. U. List Brit. B. p. 158 (1883); Saunders, 
ed. Yarrell’s Brit. B. iii. p. 267 (1883) ; id. Man. Brit. B. 
p. 527 (18S9) ; Lilford, Col. Fig. Brit. B. p.art xxx. (1895). 
^gialUis alexandrina, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 275 
(1896). 
Adult Male. — General colour above pale earthy-brown, with 
faint remains of paler margins to the feathers ; wing-coverts 
like the back, the marginal ones blackish-brown, the greater 
series darker brown, with a narrow white edging to the tip ; 
bastard-wing and primary-coverts dark sepia-brown, the latter 
fringed with white at the tip ; quills sepia-brown, with white 
shafts to the primaries, which are pale brown on the inner web, 
the inner primaries for the most part white towards the base of 
the outer web ; the secondaries dusky-brown with white tips, 
the inner ones also white along the margins of both webs, the 
innermost long secondaries brown like the back ; lower back, 
rump, and upper tail-coverts dark sepia-brown, the lateral ones 
white, forming a patch on each side; the four centre tail-feathers 
dark sepia-brown,paler towards the base, and having white shafts 
to the centre ones, the three outer feathers white, the next ones 
smoky-brown with white shafts; crown of head ashy-brown, 
washed with light tawny rufous, especially distinct towards the 
nape; hind-neck and sides of neck white, forming a collar; 
forehead and a distinct eyebrow white, with a broad black band 
separating the white of the forehead from the brown of the 
crown ; eyelid and loral streak black ; feathers below the eye 
and sides of face white, with a black patch on the hinder ear- 
coverts ; cheeks and under surface of body pure white, with a 
pitch of black on each side of the chest ; under wing-coverts 
and axillarics white ; quills below light ashy, like the lower pri- 
mary-coverts ; bill black, with the base of the lower mandible 
of a dusky flesh-colour; tarsi dusky, toes darker, claws black; 
iris brown. Total length, 6-5 inches; culmen, 07 ; wing, 4-15 ; 
tail, 17 : middle toe and claw, 07. 
