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white, extending far behind the eye, and bordering the black of 
the nape ; general colour of upper parts pale hair-brown, the 
lower back- and wing-feathers (except primaries) bordered with 
ochreous-buff ; primaries darker brown, the shaft of first white ; 
chin and upper throat white ; lower throat pale hair-brown, 
with some blackish marks between; across the chest a white 
band, bordered above by black ; éveas¢ and flanks rich rufous ; 
centre of abdomen black ; under tail-coverts white ; axzllaries 
grey; bill and claws black ; legs and feet dull yellowish-brown ; 
irides hazel-brown. Length about g inches ; ce/men 0° ; wing 
6; tail 2°8; tarsus 1°4. 
Adult Male: Very similar in general appearance, but 
somewhat smaller and less richly marked, especially on the 
under parts. 
Young in ‘first plumage: Upper parts dull brown, the 
scapular feathers and innermost secondaries conspicuously 
margined with buff ; under parts strongly tinged with buff, with 
dull brown centres to the breast-feathers, and slight indication 
only of the black on abdomen. 
Distribution : Widely distributed through Europe during 
the summer, wintering in Africa north of the Equator. Occurs 
in Western-central Asia on migration. 
Habitat : Found during the breeding season on high moors 
or mountain tops, retreating in winter to the lower county, often 
to the sea-coast. 
Genus VANELLUS. 
SOCIABLE PLOVER. 
Vanellus gregarius (/a//). 
Adult: Forehead, cheeks and chin pale buff; superciliary 
stripe white; top of the head and a streak from the gape, 
through the eye, black ; back of the neck, back, scapulars, and 
wing-coverts stone-grey ; primaries black, zhe shortest ones more 
or less white on the inner webs ; secondaries and tail white, 
central rectrices banded with black towards the end; throat 
sandy-brown, becoming greyer on the chest, and shading into 
black on the abdomen; lower abdomen and vent chestnut ; 
thighs and under tail-coverts white ; bill, legs and feet black ; 
