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Charadriad.e. 

 Charadrius fulvus. B.M. 



Fulvous Plover, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 211. 



Charadrius fulvus, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 687. 



Charadrius glaucopus, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 176. 



Charadrius taitensis, Less. Man. d'Ornith. ii. p. 321. 



Pluvialis fulvus, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 417. 



Charadrius pluvialis, pt., Gmel. S. N. i. p. 688. 



Charadrius pluvialis, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 239. 



Charadrius xanthocheilus, (Wagl.) Gould, B. of Austr. vi. pi. 13 ; 

 Cass. U. S. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 325. 



Charadrius virginianus, (Bonap.) Hartl.Wiegm. Arch, fur Naturg. 

 1852, p. 134. 



Pluvialis xanthocheilus, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 4 17. 



Pluvialis longipes, pt., Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1855, p. 417. 



G. Forst. Icon. ined. 123; Ellis's Icon. ined. 68. 



' Turi ' of the natives of the Marquesas Islands. 



Society Islands (Otaheite) ; Low or Paumotu Islands (Bow Island, 

 &c.) ; Marquesas Islands ; York Island ; Sandwich Islands (Oahu) ; 

 Christmas Island ; New Hebrides ; Samoan or Navigators', Feejee, 

 and Tonga Islands. 



Var. ? Charadrius glaucopus, var., Forst. Descr. &c. p. 258 ; G. 

 Forst. Icon. ined. 124. 



Charadrius ?, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1859, p. 165. 



' Poemanghee ' of the natives. 

 New Caledonia. 



Charadrius longipes? 



Charadrius pluvialis, (L.) Horsf. Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 187. 



Charadrius longipes, Temm. 



Charadrius orientalis, Schleg. 



Charadrius virginicus, Blyth, Cat. of B. p. 262. 



Charadrius virginianus, pt., Hartl. Wiegm. Arch, fiir Naturg. 

 1852, p. 134. 



Pluvialis longipes, Pr. B. Compt, Rend. 1856, p. 417. 



Ladrone or Marian Islands ; Caroline Islands (Oualan) ; Gilbert's 

 Islands (Kingsmill Islands)? 



Charadrius ? 



Ringed Plover, var. A, pt., Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 203. 

 Charadrius Hiaticula, var. /3, pt., Gmel. S. N. i. p. 683. 

 Sandwich Islands (Owhyhee). 



Note.— Latham has recorded the Friendly Islands as a habitat 

 for the following bird :— 



White Sheathbill, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 268. pi. 89, 



Chionis alba, Forst., 



Vaginalis alba, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 705 ; 



