664 REPORT OF THE HARVARD AFRICAN EXPEDITION 
The only record is that of Lowe who secured it at Nana Kru in January 
(Bannerman, 1912). 
Charadrius alexandrinus alexandrinus Linné. Kentish Plover 
Charadrius alecandrinus Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 150, 1758: Egypt. 
Small, length 5 inches; a line across forehead over eye, and ring across neck white; line 
through eye from base of bill and a patch on each side of breast black; lower surfaces. and outer 
tail-feathers white; legs black. Breeding in Europe and North Africa; south in winter from 
Senegambia to the Cape. . 
This seems to be an uncommon winter visitor on the seacoast. The only in- 
stance is that recorded by Biittikofer (1885, p. 237), who secured a young male 
in first autumnal plumage on the seashore near Robertport, on October 23. 
Afroxyechus forbesi (Shelley). Forbes’s Three-banded Plover 
Aegialitis forbesi Shelley, Ibis, ser. 5, vol. 1, p. 560, pl. 14, 1883: Shonga on the Niger. 
Small, length 4 inches; a crescent from base of bill to forehead, a narrow eyebrow stripe, and 
the upper tail-coverts white; throat grayish, below which are two black bands across chest, the 
rest of under parts white; wings blackish, the larger feathers with narrow white tips; central tail- 
feathers like back, others white with dark inner basal portion. Base of bill orange, tip black. 
West Africa from Senegambia to Cameroons. 
The only record is again that of Bittikofer (1890, p. 206) who shot an adult 
female near the mouth of the Marfa River. It is doubtless of rare occurrence 
along the seashore. 
Squatarola squatarola squatarola (Linné). Gray Plover 
Tringa squatarola Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 149, 1758: Sweden. 
Larger, length 7.5 inches; male with forehead and nape gray speckled with black; rest of 
upper parts black mottled with white, tail barred black and white; below from chin to abdomen 
deep black; belly, under tail-coverts, and lower surface of tail white. Female more speckled above; 
breast and throat streaked with dark brown on a white ground. In winter to the African coasts. 
The common Gray Plover winters rarely on the Liberian coast. The only 
record seems to be that of Lowe, who collected a male at Nana Kru, January 
24, 1911 (Bannerman, 1912, p. 257). 
Stephanibyx lugubris (Lesson). Senegal Plover 
Charadrius lugubris Lesson, Dict. des Sci. Nat., ed. Levrault, vol. 43, p. 36, 1826: [Senegal]. 
Length about 10 inches; back and wing-coverts olive brown, forehead and throat white, crown 
gray-brown; sides of head and neck pale gray becoming dark gray below; below white; middle 
tail-feathers white at base, black-tipped and narrowly edged with white, outer ones white with 
dark tips, outermost all white; outer wing-feathers black, inner white. Africa south of the Sahara. 
This plover seems to visit cleared areas with some regularity, but there are 
no records of it beyond those of Biittikofer (under Vanellus inornatus). He col- 
lected specimens at Buluma, near Fisherman Lake, during December and Janu- 
ary when it regularly visited newly made ‘‘farms”’ in small flocks of five to seven 
or ten. He found similar flocks in the savannas near Old Field after the grass 
had been burnt off. Others were recorded from Schieffelinsville. 
