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AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD BOOK. 



1 83 Lesser Golden Plover (Pacific, American, Australian, 



2 Eastern), Characlrius dominions, almost cos. 



Mig. flocks, r. plains near sea, rivers 9 



Upper, tail dark-brown marked whitish; under mottled 



buff, brown, white; line over eye, throat whitish; no 



hind toe; brighter in far north; f., sim. Insects, worms. 



4 84 Double-banded Dottrel (Banded), Pohowera, Ochtho- 



8 dromus oicinctus, A., T., Norfolk Is., Lord Howe Is., 



N.Z. Mig. c. shores, grass 6.5 



Upper brownish-gray; under white; black band on chest; 

 chestnut band on abdomen; forehead white; black line 

 through eye; eyelash scarlet; no hind toe; f., duller. 

 Insects, worms. 

 85 Oriental Dottrel (Eastern, Asiatic, Mongolian), 0. 

 veredus, Mongolia, China to A. 



Mig. v.r. sandy coasts 9.5 

 Indistinct mottled plumage; upper brown and buff; throat 

 lighter; abdomen white; slender bill dark-brown; legs 

 long, slender; no hind toe; f., sim. Insects, worms. 

 4 86 Red-capped Dottrel, Red - necked Plover, Sandlark, 

 19 JEgialitis ruficapilla, China to A., T., N.Z. 



Stat. c. shores 6 

 Crown, hind-neck rust-red; upper, wings pale-brown; wing- 

 quills blackish-brown; centre tail dark-brown, rest 

 white; under, forehead white; f., duller. Shellfish. 

 87*Black-fronted Dottrel, 2E. melanops, A. 



Stat. r. rivers, pools, lakes 6 

 Forehead, broad band on chest black; throat, abdomen, 

 stripe over eye, round hind-neck white; eyelash bright- 

 red; "active, elegant bird;" f., sim. Insects, worms. 



