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General colour above bronzy-brown ; centre of lower back, rump, 

 and median upper tail coverts blackish-brown ; the sides of back 

 and rump pure white ; small patch below eye, cheeks, throat, and 

 sides of neck pure white ; crown of head and sides of face black. 



Total length, 7*5 in. ; oilmen, 0'8 in. ; wing, 4 3 in. ; tail, 18 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1 6 in. 



Hab. : 1,3, 6, 7, 8. 



Genus— LOBIVANELLUS.— Spur on the wing. Facial wattle. 



604. L. lobatlis* Lath., Spur-winged Plover. 



Sides of chest black ; a black band also crossing the hinder neck 

 above mantle, and joining the black crown so as to interrupt the 

 white collar ; under surface white. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 



605. L. miles, Bodd., Masked Plover. 



Sides of chest brown ; rest of under surface white ; complete 

 white collar on hind neck ; no black band across neck. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 8. 



Sub-family — Charadriin^:. 



Nasal groove not extended beyond half length of culmen ; tarsus reticulated, 

 or with hexagonal scales both front and behind ; bill with dertrum 

 always more or less conspicuous. 



Genus— ZONIFER. — With no spur on wing, but a facial wattle present. 



606. Z. tricolor, Vieill. (Sarciophorus pectoralis, Cuvier), Black -breasted 



Plover. 



Black pectoral band ; basal half of tail white ; terminal half 

 black ; cheeks and throat white ; sides of rump and upper tail 

 coverts pure white. 



Total length, 10*5 in. ; culmen, 1*05 in. ; wing, 7'4 in. ; tail, 

 3'2 in. ; tarsus, 1*9 in. 



Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9. 



Genus— SQUAT AROLA. — With no spur and no facial wattle ; inner 

 secondaries very long and pointed ; the distance from shortest 

 secondary to tip of primaries more than half length of wing ; hind 

 toe present ; a black throat or breast in summer plumage ; upper 

 plumage spangled. 



607. S. helvetica, Linn. (Charadrius helvetica), Grey Plover. 



Adult Male in Breeding Plumage. — Axillaries black, with slight 

 fringe of brown at tips. 



Winter Plumage. — Axillaries black. 



Young like winter plumage of adults, and axillaries always black. 



Total length, 105 in. ; culmen, 1*3 in. ; wing, 8 in. ; tail, 3 in. ; 

 tarsus, 18 in. 



Hab. : 3, 4, 5. 



Genus — CHARADRIUS. — As in Squatarola, but has no hind toe. 



608. C. dominions. Mull. (C. fulvus ; C. xanthocheilus, Wagler), 



Lesser Golden Plover. 



Axillaries smoky-brown at all ages. 



Winter Plumage. — Buffy tint, mottled with brown. 



Summer Plumage. — Under surface jet black, margined by white 

 line. 



Total length, 9 in. ; culmen, 1 in. ; wing, 6*5 in. ; tail, 2*4 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1 "6 in. 



Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 4,5. 



