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CHIRADRIN.^. 



Sub -Family, CHAR ADRlNzE.— Plovers. 



Bill slender, straight, flattened at the base, compressed and grooved ; 

 wings long and pointed; tarsi moderate, 1st quill usually longest; liind 

 too small or wanting. 



Sq uatarola.— C»v, 



Nasal groove short ; bill bulged at the tip; a very minute clawed 

 hind toe present. 



Squatarola helvetica, Gmel. ; P. E. 853, 854 ; Gould. B. Eur. pL 

 384; /m^. Z?. /u'/. iii. p. G35; Sir. F. ii. 838; Mnrray, Ilclhk., Zoal., 

 cj'c, Sind, p. 208. {Burra or Wuddha Battahn, Sind.) — The Grey 

 Plover, 



Wi)itcr Plumage. — Forehead, lores, supercilia, chin, abdoracu and 

 entire lower surface, including the under tail-coverts, white ; foreneck^ 

 aides of the breast and flanks white, the feathers with sub triangular 

 or sub-quadrate brownish markings; feathers below the wing from the 

 axilla long and black; head dusky brown, the feathers with narrow 

 tips; rest of the upper plumage dusky brown, the feathers edged and 

 tipped with white or greyish white; tail basally white, with a slightly 

 rufescent tinge terminally, and with 6 — 7 transverse brown bands or 

 bars. In summer the entire lower surface from the chin, except the 

 vent and under tail-coverts, is black, also the lores and sides of the 

 neck; forehead, supercilia and sides of the breast white; back and 

 rump, scapulars and wing-coverts black, broadly tipped with brown and 

 white ; top of head and nape grey brown, the feathers tipped with 

 white; tail white, banded dark brown; primaries dark brown, their 

 inner webs white. 



Length.— n to 12 inches, wing 8, tail 3-25, bill at front 1-25, bill 

 black, irides dusky, feet dark brown, or dusky brown, weight 7"5 oz. 



llith. — Sind, Beloochistaii coast, Kutch, Katciawar, and nearly all over 

 the Indian coast. Occurs in flocks along the Sind sea coast during 

 winter, especially on the mud flats. In the Karrachee harbour it is 

 numerous on the large island-like flats, especially about Baba Island, 

 associated with the larger and smaller Kentish Plovers. 



Gen. Cbaradrius. 



Bill short and strong; first quill longest; hind toe wanting. 



Cliaradrius longlpes, Tem. Fauna. Jap. t. G2 ; Gould. B. As. 

 vi. pi. 13; Jerd. B. Lid. iii. p. 636. Charadrius fulvus, Gm. ; Str. F. 

 i. 228; ii. 287; vii. 482. — The Ind[an Golden Plover. 



Winter Biumage. — Head dark brown, the tips. of the feathers yellow ; 

 forehead white or yellowish white, as are also the lores, supercilia, 

 chin, foreneck and the under tail-coverts ; back, scapulars, rump, 

 upper tail-coverts and wing-coverts dusky brown, the edges of the 

 feathers with triangular or sub-triangular yellow spots ; tail lighter in 

 colour, the feathers also similarly "edged with yellow spots; the neck 

 behind, on the sides, and in front buffy, with a dusky tinge and yellow 

 edgings and spots to the feathers; flanks pale brown^ spotted with 



