320 CHARADRIIDA# 
coverts, variegated lke those of the back; lateral ones, 
white ; lower breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts, pure 
white. 
Adult female nuptial.—Similar to the male plumage, 
except that the rufous shading is duller, the fore-neck being 
marked with blackish streaks. 
Adult winter, male and female.'—Top of head and hind- 
neck, ght bluish- grey finely pencilled with black lines ; 
back, scapulars, and inner secondaries, light bluish-grey, 
with indistinct darker streaks; wing-coverts, barred with 
black and white; primaries, blackish, the shorter ones show- 
ing white near their bases ; secondaries, chiefly white ; tail, 
ereyish-white, the central feathers darker; forehead, cheeks, 
throat, rest of neck, breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts, 
pure white; there is also an indistinct white line over the 
eye, and there are a few grey feathers along the sides of 
the breast; birds in their first year’s winter dress are some- 
what darker in shade in the upper parts and the inner 
secondaries are variegated with black and white, and are 
shorter in length. 
Immature, male and female.—Top of head, hind-neck, 
back, scapulars, and inner secondaries, variegated with black 
and whitish-buff; wing-coverts, greyish, barred with white, 
and spotted with black; cheeks, throat, breast, abdomen, 
and under tail-coverts, white; the breast and cheeks being 
washed with pale yellow-buff; over the eye is an indistinct 
whitish stripe; tail and primaries resemble those of the 
adult. 
Brak. Blackish; straight, and varying but little in 
length. 
Freer. Black; hind-toe absent, a noticeable feature. 
TIrtpeEs. Blackish-brown. 
AYERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 
TOTAL LENGTH ... ai Be Sess hl 
WING fee ts Ma eat ORE eae 
Brak a Sick 2s eS 
TTARSO-ME’ PATARSUS a A Soars 
Dyeres 4x 
' T have specimens in my collection in almost full winter-plumage 
shot in the month of August. 
