264 BIRDS OF EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA 



Charadrius leschanaultii Lesson. 



Resembles " C. m. atrifrons " but is larger. Wing ^ $ 136-149. 

 Tarsus 36-39. Bill 22-5-27 (H.). 



B?'eeds. — Persia and C. Asia. Chief migration is to south-east 

 but many migrate to Africa ; it occurs in Egypt on passage. 



Charadrius morinellus L. Dotterel. Fr. Pluvier 

 guignard ; Go: Mornellregenpfeifer ; Ital. Piviere tortolino ; 

 Swed. Fjallpipare. 



^ $ summer. Above grey brown, wing coverts, scapulars, 

 and secondaries with cinnamon margins ; crown black, supercilia 

 (meeting at nape) white, face and throat white spotted brown ; 

 chest grey brown, pectoral band white, breast and flanks chestnut, 

 centre of abdomen black, under tail coverts buff. Bill black. 

 Legs and feet brownish yellow. Wing 145-157. Tarsus 35-37. 

 Bill 15-16. In winter no black on crown; above grey brown 

 with rusty margins to feathers, face dull white streaked brown, 

 breast light brown with buff tips and a faint white band, abdonien 

 white, flanks pale brownish grey, under tail coverts buff or white. 

 Young : above brown (almost black on crown and upper back) 

 with buff margins ; beneath, breast and sides buff. 



Breeds. — Norway south to 60°, Finmark, N. and C. Sweden, 

 Lapland, tundras of N. Russia, Kolguev and Waigatz Islands, 

 Mountains of Germany and Austria (local), Scottish Mountains, 

 English Lake District (rare), and widely through N. Asia. 

 Migrates ; winters in Mediterranean Basin, N.W. Africa, Egypt. 



Charadrius asiaticus asiaticus Pallas. Caspian 

 Plover. 



(J $ adult, summer. Above brown ; supercilium, forehead, 

 lores, face and throat white ; breast chestnut, pectoral band 

 black, abdomen white, axillaries white. Bill black. Legs and 

 feet greenish to yellowish grey. Wing 150-155. Tarsus 40-42. Bill 

 19-5-2 1-5 (H.). In winter feathers above have lighter edges, fore- 

 head, lores and supercilium are buff; underparts white tinged buff, 

 breast-band light brown. Young : like adult in winter dress, but 

 feathers above have rufous margins and breast-band is rusty brown. 



Breeds. — Volga and Ural districts in Russia and in W. Asia. 

 Winters in E. Africa south to Cape. A rare visitor to W. Europe, 

 has been obtained four times in England. 



