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CHARADRIID.3:. 



b". Outer primary mottled along its outer 

 web, the three outer primaries with 

 li-ht margin ; eyebrow, side of face and 

 upper throat white, instead of butt; 

 lower throat and fore-neck nearly 



uniform brown • • ■ • ■ • ■ • • • •: 



V. Abdomen and breast distinctly barred all 



With™ conspicuous VufousVub'-terminal band 



' on the tail/which is blackish or dusky in 



appearance, with blackish and rufous or butt 



bars near the ends, the black bars being the 



broadest; down the centre of the crown a 



pale longitudinal stripe. , 



c' Back with pale margins to the scapulars and 



secondaries, imparting a more or less 



broadly streaked appearance to the upper 



surface ; under wing-coverts not uniform 



blackish. . , , , ,, 



c" Primaries and secondaries barred on both 



webs. Size very large : wing^ exceeding 



6-5-7 -0 inches ; culmen 3-95-5-2. 



c'". Larger : wing 6-8-7-0 inches, culmen 



d"\ Smaller ': "wing 6-6-6 : 45 inches, cul- 

 men 3-95-4-15 • • • • 



d". Primaries uniform. Size smaller : wing 

 not exceeding 6-3 inches. 

 e'" Larger : wing over 6-0 inches. Black 

 ' markings on upper surface arranged in 

 bars, especially on the inner second- 

 aries ; wing-coverts thickly barred. _ 

 e 4 Centre of breast and abdomen uni- 

 form sandy buff, without cross-bars; 

 general tone of under surface sandy 

 buff, the bars on the under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries sandy butt in 



/* Centre'of breast and abdomen barred 



' with duskv brown ; general tone ot 



under surface dull white, the bars 



on the under wing-coverts and 



axillaries being dull white . . . ... • • 



f" Smaller: wingless than 4-5 inches. Black 

 " markings on upper surface arranged as 

 laro-e sub-terminal spots ; lower back 

 and rump uniform brown; wmg- 

 coverts almost uniform, mottled but 

 not transversely barred with dusky 



brown • ■ ■ • • : • • * ' V 



x Back not longitudinally streaked with pale 

 margins to the scapulars ; entire upper 

 surface barred with dark rufous and black, 

 including the wing-coverts ; throat and 

 breast rufous, mottled with black ; breast 

 and abdomen white, barred with black . . 



solitaria, p. 654. 

 nemoricola, p. 657. 



gigantea, p. 658. 

 undulata, p. 658. 



stricklandi, p. 660. 



jamesoni, p. 661. 



aucklandica and its- 

 allies, pp. 661-663. 



imperialis, p. 664. 



