GREAT PLOVER 205 
chin, throat, and a streak on the cheek below the eye, 
white: rest of neck, and breast, light cinnamon-colour, 
streaked with brownish-black ; upper abdomen, light buff, 
streaked with brownish-black; lower abdomen, white ; 
under tail-coverts, rich reddish-buff. 
Adult female nuptial.—Similar to the male plumage. 
Adult winter, male and female.—Similar to the nuptial 
plumage. 
Immature, male and female. — Similar to’ the adult 
plumage, but duller in shade. 
BEAK. Basal half, yellow; distal half, black. 
Fret. Yellow. 
IrnmDEs. Bright golden-yellow. 
AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 
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Allied Species and Representative Forms.—C!. capensis 
is the South African form, while GZ. affinis, a Tropical 
representative, is found in Somaliland (Saunders). 
