. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . nder wing-coverts are found even in young in first-plumage, showing the importance of the character; but the slate-grey hind head and theblack belly are characters which only appear after the first moult. The buff outer webs ofthe secondaries are, however, found at all ages. It breeds in the Canary Islands (Bolle, Journ. Orn. 1857, p. 335), and in the wholeof North Africa; but it has not been recorded from Senegambia or any other part of WestAfrica, though in East Africa it occurs
. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . nder wing-coverts are found even in young in first-plumage, showing the importance of the character; but the slate-grey hind head and theblack belly are characters which only appear after the first moult. The buff outer webs ofthe secondaries are, however, found at all ages. It breeds in the Canary Islands (Bolle, Journ. Orn. 1857, p. 335), and in the wholeof North Africa; but it has not been recorded from Senegambia or any other part of WestAfrica, though in East Africa it occurs as far south as Kordofan (Heuglin), and possiblyAbyssinia (Fdippell, Vog. p. 117). Eastwards its range extends to Arabia, Persia,Beluchistan (Blanford, Eastern Persia, ii. p. 281), the Punjaub, Scind, and Bajputana(Hume, Stray Feathers, i. p. 22S). It does not breed north of the Trans-Caucasiansteppes, but occasionally strays into Europe and even to the British Islands. Its nearest allies appear to be C. rufus and C. somalensis, but it is difficult to determinewhich of them is its closest
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