1920. | the Birds of the Anglo-Kyyptian Sudan. 813 Family CHarapRriip&.

Squatarola squatarola squatarola.

Tringa squatarola Linn, Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 149: Europe, restricted type-locality Sweden.

Squatarola squatarola Reichw. V. A. 1. p. 163. The Grey Plover is recorded from ‘‘ Nubia” by Hemprich and Ehrenberg, from Suakin by Heuglin, and from Kordofan by Petherick.

Pluvialis dominicus fulvus.

Charadrius fulvus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. pt. 2, 1789, p. 687: Tahiti; Butler, Ibis, 1908, p. 261.

Charadrius dominicus fulvus Reichw. V. A. 1. p. 166. In Mr. Butler’s notes occurs the following :—“ I once saw one of these Golden Plovers (with grey axillaries) being carried about the streets of Khartoum for sale.” It has been recorded from Abyssinia by Hemprich and Ehrenberg, and from Somaliland by Revoil.

Charadrius hiaticula tundra. Aigialitis hiaticola tundre P. R. Lowe, Bull. B. O. C. xxxvi. 1915, p. 7: Yenesay Valley, Siberia.

[B. coll.] 1 Khartoum Dee.

There are only three specimens of the Ringed Plover from the Sudan before us, but we are inclined to assign them, as well as nearly all the examples from the east coast and from the interior of Africa, to this smaller and darker race. The larger race seems to be the chief form found on the west coast.

Charadrius dubius curonicus.

Charadrius curonicus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 1. pt. 2, 1789, p. 692: ‘‘Curonia,”’ 2. e. Courland.

Charadrius dubs curonicus Hartert & Jackson, Ibis, Lo, pode.

(B. coll.] 1 Khartoum Feb. [C.& lL. coll.] 1 Kamisa Dec. Sen.; 1 Kosti Mch. W.N. ; 1 Kodok Mch. U.N.

The Little Ringed Plover is widely distributed in winter,