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Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on a 
[The Red-capped Dotterel is generally gregarious and 
very abundant. It frequents the seashore, banks of estuaries, 
sand-flats, &c.— G. C. >8.] 
OCHTHODROMUS MONGOLICUS (Pall.). 
Ochthodromus mongolicus Math. p. 24. 
a. d • Pelican Point, 29th March. 
b. $ . Kalgan River, S.W. Division, 3rd March. 
Iris dark brown; bill black. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 8*25 inches. 
The male from Pelican Point is in full breeding-plumage, 
a fact which is worthy of note. 
Ochthodromus geoffroyi (Wag!.). 
Ochthodromus geoffroyi Math. p. 24. 
a. $ . Pelican Point, 29th March. 
b-d. d $ • Carnarvon, 3rd-6th Aug. 
e. ? . Bernier Island, 29th June. 
Iris blackish-brown ; bill of a dark olivaceous-slate- 
colour ; legs dull yellowish-buff*; feet of a slate-colour. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 8*25 inches. 
Charadrius domtnicus P. L. S. Mull. 
Charadrius dominicus Math. p. 24. 
a. ? . Big Grove, 9th March. 
b-d. d ? • Pelican Point, 29th March. 
e. ? . Bernier Island, 9th July. 
/. ? . Beechland, 26th Jan. 
Iris blackish-brown; bill dusky-black, yellowish-brown at 
the gape ; legs of a dark slate-colour, blackish at the joints. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 9*5-10 , 5 inches. 
[The Eastern Golden Plover frequents sheltered places 
along the coast, mud-flats, and lagoons. — G. C. $.] 
ZoNIFER TRICOLOR (Vieill.). 
Zonifer tricolor Math. p. 24. 
a-f. Ad. et imm. York, 2nd Jan. 
Iris, eyelid, and bill yellow, the latter dark brown at the 
tip; wattles blood-red. 
