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mandible, which is blood-red in the male, much lighter or 

 flesh-red in the female. 



Genus SQUATAROLA, Cuvier. 



The single species of this genus inhabits Europe, Asia, 

 North America, and occasionally occurs in Australia. It 

 differs from Charadrius in having a small hind-toe. 



Sp. 503. SQUATAROLA HELVETICA. 



Grey Plover. 



Tringa helvetica, Linn. Syst. Nat., vol. i. p. 250. 



Vanellus helveticus, Briss. Orn., vol. v. p. 106, tab. 10. fig. 1. 



Charadrius hijpomelas, Pall. Reise, vol. iii. p. 699. 



Swiss Sandjnpei^, Lath. Gen. Syn., vol. v. p. 167. 



Tringa squatarola, Linn. Faun. Suecica, No. 186. 



Vanellus griseus, Briss. Orn., vol. v. p. 100, tab. 9. fig. 1, 



melanog aster, Bechst. — Temm. Man. d'Orn., vol. ii. p. 345. 



Vanneau Pluvier, Buff. PI. Enl., 854<. 



Squatarola helvetica, Cuv. — G. R. Gray, List of Birds in Brit. Mus. 



Coll., part iii. p. 62. 

 , var. b, Bonap. Compt. Rend, de I'Acad. Sei., torn, xliii. 



seance du 2 Aout 1856. 

 Greij Plover and Grey Sandpiper of British authors. 



Squatarola helvetica, Gould, Birds of Australia, foL, vol. vi. pi. 12. 



I have compared specimens of this bird killed in Australia 

 with others obtained in India, North America, and Europe, 

 and find the whole of them identical. I have never seen an 

 Australian specimen with the rich black colouring of the 

 under surface which renders Asiatic, American, and European 

 specimens so conspicuous in the breeding-season, hence we 

 may infer that it is only the young birds that wander so 

 far to the southward as Australia. The specimens I possess 

 are from different parts of the country, some being from the 

 eastern and others from the western colonies. y 



