in b a d c o n d itio n : b u t w c t h i n k t h a t tw o b ird s co lle c ted h y G r iffith n e a r P u s h u t in
A fg h a n is ta n a r e re fe r a b le to C. d ilu ta , a n d a s k in from A lad ra s { J e rd o n ) m a y a lso b e lo n g
to i t, a s Avell a s a sp e c im e n c o lle c te d h y M r. P r a t t n e a r Ic h a n g in C e n tr a l C h in a . Now
t h a t a t t e n t io n h a s b e e n d raw n to tb i s p a le fo rm o f C omm o n S a n d -M a rtin , w e sh a ll
d o u b tle s s re c e iv e m o re in fo rm a tio n re s p e c tin g it, a s a la r g e r se rie s th a n wc possess in
E n g l a n d is n e c e s s a ry f o r th e c o r r e c t d e te rm in a tio n o f i ts ra n g e .
F o r th e g e o g r a p h ic a l d is tr ib u tio n o f tb is sp ec ie s, v id e in frà , P la te 3Ü [M a p ].
C O T I L E S H E L L E Y I , Sharpe.
E G Y P T IA N S A N D -M A R T IN .
Cotyle litto ra lis , I lem p r . & E b r . AISS. ; L ic h t. N om e n c l. Mu s. Berol. p . 01 (1854 :
desc r. n u llâ ).
Cotyle r ip a r ia (n e c L.), Sw in h . I b is , 1864, p. 4 1 4 ; E . C. T ay lo r, Ib is , 1 8 6 7 , p. 57 ;
S h e lley , B . E g y p t, p . 1 3 1 (1872).
Cotile shclleiji, S h a rp e , C at. B. B r it. Mus. x. p . 1 00 (1885).
1 valde m inor.C. similis C. ripariiE, e t suba la ribus b nm iie is, s . \ l à 4 '3 5 poll.
Hub. in A fric a sep ten trio n a li-o rien ta li.
A d u lt male. S imila r to C. n /ic rm , b u t p a le r a n d much smaller. To ta l len g tli 4-1 inches, culm en 0%3,
wing 3-55, ta il 1-G5, ta rsu s 0'35.
Hab. N o rth -e a s te rn A fric a : Up p e r E g y p t to th e Red Sea coast.
T u b E g y p tia n S an d -A Ia rtin seems to c o n s titu te a p e rm a n e n tly sm a ll ra c e o f th e Common
S an d -A Ia rtin . I t is a m u c h sm a lle r b ird , som ew h a t l ig h te r th a n tlio g e n e r a lity o f tin '
sp e c im e n s o f C. r ip a r ia , a n d w i th a n a r row e r b a n d o n th e c h e s t. D r. S h a rp e n am e d th o
spec ie s C o tile sh e lle y i, in h o n o u r o f C a p ta in G. E . S h e lley , avIio h a s w r itte n th e s ta n d a r d
Avork o n E g y p tia n O r n ith o lo g y ; b u t D r. lleicbcnoAV h a s p o in te d o u t t h a t th e E g y p iia u
S a n d -A Ia rtin is re a lly Cotile litto r a lis o f Ilcm p r ic h a n d E b r e n b e rg from tb e A rg o Is la n d s ,
o f w h ic h n o d e s c rip tio n Avas e v e r p u b lish e d . T h e n am e h a s g e n e ra lly b e e n re fe r re d to
Cotile m in o r o f C ab an is, b u t tb e ty p ic a l sp e c im e n s in tlie B e rlin A lu seum s Iioav th a t it
b e lo n g s p ro p e rly to th e fo rm d e sc rib ed by S h a rp e a s C. sh e lle y i.
C a p ta in S h e lley say s :— “ T h is b ird a rriv e s in E g y p t in g r e a t a b u n d a n c e iu Alarcli,
a n d toAA-avds th e e n d o f A p r il com m en c es b r e e d in g in co lo n ies in th e b a n k s o f th e riv e r
side. I t is e x trem e ly p a r tia l to tb e n e ig h b o u rh o o d o f Avater, a n d m a y b e c o n s ta n tly seen
sk im m in g OA'er th e su rf a c e in its g ra c e fu l flig h t, a t tim e s ju s t to u c h in g th e s u rf a c i'
su ffic ie n tly to I’aise a s lig h t r ip p le o r d a sh in g r a p id ly a f te r i ts m a te in th e e x u b e ra n c e o f
its s p irits .”
D r . J o h n A n d e rso n , d u r in g a r e c e n t v is it to E g y p t, v e ry k in d ly in te re s te d h im se lf
in th e m a tte r o f th e S an d -A Ia rtin s , a n d in d u c e d som e o f h is f r ie n d s to c o lle c t sp ec im e n s,
vso t h a t th e B ritis h A lu seum h a s la te ly re c e iv e d from C o lo n e l E d g a r L a r k in g .several