24. CHARADRIUS. 201 



Pluvialis xanthocheilus, Bp. t. c. p. 417. 



Pluvialis taitensis, Bp. t. c. p. 417. 



Cbaradrius mongolicus {nee Fall.), Blakist. Ibis, 18G2, p. 830 (Ilako- 

 dadi). 



Charadrius longipes, Temm. Mus. Luffd. ; Blasius, Ibis, 1862, p. 71 

 (Heligoland) ; Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1862, p. 321 (Bonin Is.) ; 

 Blakust. Ibis, 1863, p. 100 (Ilakodadi) ; Swinh. t. c. p. 404 

 (Formosa, breeding); Scl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 17 (Banjarmassing) ; 

 Wright, Ibis, 1864, p. 141 (Malta) ; Hartl. t. c. p. 232 (Fiji Is.) ; 

 Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 636 (1864) ; Swinh. Ibis, 1865, p. 355 

 (Takow) ; Wright, t. c. p. 462 (Malta) ; Swinh. Ibis, 1866, p. 134 

 (Formosa, July) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 163 ; Beavan, Ibis, 1868, 

 p. 389 (Julpigoorie) ; Shrink. Ibis, 1870, p. 360 (Hainan) ; Blanf. 

 t. c. p. 470 (Bassein distr., Pegu) ; Godwin-Austen, J. A. S.Beny. 

 xxxix. p. 273 (1870: Khasia Hills) ; Blanf. op. cit. xl. p. 269 

 (1871 : Wardka Valley ; not observed) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. 

 p. 14, no. 9984 (1871) ; Hume # Headers. Lahore to York. p. 284 

 (1873 : Yarkand, Aug.) ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1877, p. 165 (Heligo- 

 land) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 76 (1S77 : Fiji 

 Is.), p. 218 (N. S. W.) ; id. op. cit. ii. p. 197 (1S78) ; Midler, 

 J. f. O. 1882, p. 82 (Salanga) ; Murray, Vertebr. Faun. Sind, 

 p. 224 (1S84). 



Pluvialis fulvus americanus, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Cursores, p. 53 

 (1865: Labrador; Mexico; Venezuela; Brazil). 



Cbaradrius orientalis, Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 225 (1865) ; 

 Masters, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 60 (1877 : Cocoanut Isl. ; 

 Cape Grenville ; Bet Isl.). 



Cbaradrius pluvialis americanus, Sundev. CEfv. Yet.-Akad. Forh. 

 1869, p. 588 (St. Bartholomew), p. 602 (Porto Rico). 



Charadrius fulvus, var. virginicus, Coues, Key N. Amer. B. p. 243 

 (1872) ; id. B. N.-West, p. 449 (1874). 



Charadrius pluvialis, var. virginicus, Later. Ann. Lye. N. T. x. p. 383 

 (1874: Illinois). 



Charadrius fulvus virginicus, dues, Bull. U.S. Geol. Sun. iv. p. 663 

 (1878 : Mouse It., Dakota) ; Hartl. J.f. O. 1883, p. 278 (Portage 

 Bay, Alaska, June, July). 



Charadrius dominicus fulvus, Ridyw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 198 

 (1880) ; Coues, Check-l. N. Amer. B. p. 96 (1882) ; Nelson, Cruise 

 R.S. ' Corwin,' p. 84 (1883 : Norton Sound) ; Baird, Brewer, $ 

 Ridyw. Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. 144 (1884); Coues, Key 

 N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 599 (1884) ; Stejn. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 no. 29, p. 104 (1885 : Bering Isl.) ; Turner, Auk, ii. p. 157 (1885: 

 Nearer Isl., Alaska) ; A. O. U. Check-l, N. Amer. B. p. 161 (1886) ; 

 Ridqw. Man. N. Amer. B. p. 174 (1887) ; Stejn. Proc. U.S. Nat. 

 Muk xii. p. 380 (1889 : Kauai). 



Charadrius fulvus americanus, Seebohm, Geoyr. Distr. Charadr. 

 p. 100 (1888). 



Adult male in breeding-plumage. Similar to C. pluvialis, but 

 smaller, with slenderer tarsi, aud distinguished by its smoky-brown 

 axillarics : " bill dark olive ; feet leaden grey ; iris dark brown " 

 (J. Gould). Total length 9 inches, culmen 0-95, wing 0-5, tail 2'4, 

 tai-us P05. 



Adrdt female. Similar to that of C. jpZuviaKs, but distinguished by 

 its Mnoky-brown axillarics. Total length 9 inches, wing 6-25. 



Winter and immature plumage. Corresponds with that of 



