CASPIAN PLOVER 213 
Adult female nuptial.—Similar to the male plumage, 
but duller in shade and the black on the abdomen is less 
developed. 
Adult winter, male and female.—Somewhat resembles 
the nuptial plumage, but the top of the head is brown, and 
the breast and abdomen, isabelline white. 
Immature, male and female.—Feathers of top of head, 
back, scapulars, wings, and hind-neck, edged with reddish- 
buff; breast, mottled ereyish- brown; white crescent very 
indistinct ; lower breast and abdomen, white. 
Brak. Blackish. 
Fret. Yellow. 
TRIDES. Brown. 
AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 
TOTAL LENGTH  ... a Be 9 Sim: 
WING & is aes 3: ORs 
BEAK a . oe 23) eer Oroee 
TARSO- METATARSUS ae Se oe 
HiéG ... Fo cial in: 
CASPIAN PLOVER. “ialitis asiatica (Pallas). 
Coloured eres —Dresser, ‘ Birds of Europe,’ vol. vii, pls. 520 
fig. 1, 522; Lilford, ‘ Coloured Figures,’ vol. v, pl. iy 
A single instance of the occurrence of this Oriental 
species entitles it to be placed in the British Avifauna. It is 
an extremely rare and accidental visitor, which in a few 
instances wanders westward on migration. 
The specimen above referred to, was captured in a 
garden on the North Denes, at Great Yarmouth, on May 
22nd, 1890. It was exhibited by Mr. Southwell before the 
Zoological Society (Proc. Zool. Soc., 1890, p. 461), and 
proved to be an adult male. It is now preserved in the 
Norwich Museum. A second bird of the same species 
accompanied it but was not secured. 
DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS. 
PLUMAGE. Adult male nuptial_——Forehead and cheeks, 
white; upper breast, reddish-brown, forming a broad band 
