236 CHARADRIIDA# 
from the base of the beak to the nape of the neck, and a 
black streak extends in front of and behind the eye; chin, 
white ; cheeks, buff-colour; neck and back, pale brown; 
wings, barred with white; primaries, black; axillaries, 
white; tail, white, banded with dark brown, except the 
outer feathers on either side; under tail-coverts, white; 
breast and abdomen, brown, the latter of a deeper shade ; 
flanks and lower abdomen, rich chestnut. 
Adult female nuptial.—Similar to the male plumage. 
Adult winter, male and female.—Closely resembles the 
nuptial plumage, but ‘‘ it 1s probable that the old birds have 
sandy-buff margins to the feathers in the winter plumage, 
as would appear to be the case with the Common Pewit ” 
(R. Bowdler Sharpe, Cat. Birds, Brit. Mus., xxiv, p. 176). 
Immature, male and female.—Top of head, dark brown ; 
line over the eye, impure white; cheeks and back of neck, 
dull butf, striped with brown; breast, streaked with grey ; 
abdomen, impure white, exhibiting near the tail a little 
chestnut colouring ; two outer pairs of tail-feathers, white. 
Brak. Black. 
Fret. Black. 
IrtDeEs. Blackish-brown. 
Kees. Somewhat resemble those of the Lapwing, but 
are paler, and have fewer spots: clutch, four. 
AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 
TOTAL LENGTH ... ca eee, Oe OP eae 
WING ae at ae 8 
BEAK ne ee ae horas 
T’ARSO-METATARSUS ae? aoe Dita me 
Hae a ay sa Ae es Sime 
DESCRIPTION OF THE PLUMAGE OF THE SPECIMEN SHOT 
IN IRELAND. 
“Top of head very dark brown dappled with light buff; 
a broad light-coloured band extends right over the eye from 
the bill to the back of the head. Back ash-grey with a 
number of new feathers of a dark brown tint, with a rufous 
edge coming out all over, which I take to be the winter 
plumage. Lower part of breast blackish, with a band of 
chestnut not very clearly defined extending right across 
behind the legs. Vent and lower tail coverts, white; upper 
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