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Baron T. v. Heuglin on a new African Plover. 
Syn. Stria badia, Horsfield. 
Hab. Nepal; Sikbfen; Assam; Arakan; Tenasserimprovinces; 
Malayan peninsula and islands. 
Genus Strix, L. (as limited). 
109. Str. javanica. (Gray & Mitch. Gen. Birds, pi. 15; 
Gould’s Birds of Austr. i. pi. 31.) 
Syn. Str. javanica , Gm. Str. delicatula, Gould. Str. flammea 
of India and S.E. Asia generally, auctorum. 
Hab. India generally, and Ceylon, with S.E. Asia and its 
archipelago, extending to New Caledonia and Australia. 
Genus Scelostrix, Kaup. 
110. Sc. Candida. (Jerdon’s Ill. Ind. Orn. pi. 30.) 
Syn. Stria Candida , Tickell, J. A. S. ii. p. 572. Str. longi - 
membris , Jerdon. Str. javanica , Phillips, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 87. 
Hab. Plains of India; common in high grass : very rare on 
the mud-soil of Lower Bengal* *. 
II.— Description of a new African Plover. 
By Baron Th. v. Heuglin f. 
(Plate II.) 
Hemerodromus cinctus, Heugl., sp. et gen. nov. 
Avis hornotina. Supra fuliginosus, subtus albus, notsei plumis 
late et distincte rufo-ochraceo limbatis: fronte, stria lata 
verticali, loris, superciliis, fasciaque stricta nuchali ad oculos 
utrinque extendente albidis, plus minusve intensius rubente 
isabellino indutis; fascia nuchali delicate nigricante strio- 
lata; gutture fascia angusta pectus versus in apicem pro- 
longata intense castanea circumdato; stria longitudinali 
per colli latera decurrente fusco-nigra; fascia lata basin 
* The Strix capensis, A. Smith (S. African Zoology, Aves, pi. 45), is con¬ 
sidered by Prof. Kaup to be synonymous with Sc. Candida ; but it is 
obviously a second species of the genus. Horsfield’s Strix capensis, from 
a drawing by Dr. F. Buchanan Hamilton, refers, of course, to the Indian 
species. 
t Communicated to the Editor by Dr. G. Hartlaub. 
