fut BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 
Order VII.—G RA LL 4 .— Waders. 
Lower portion of tibie, naked ; tarsi, lengthened and slender. 
3 £) b) . 
CHARADRIADA.  PLtovers. 
Bill, short ; tip, strong and swollen ; hind toe, either absent or small and 
slender. 
CHarapDRivs. L. 
Bot mandibles grooved, that on the upper one extending for two- 
thirds of its length ; wings, long and pointed, first quill the longest ; 
hind toe wanting. 
Spread over the whole world. 
62. CHARADRIUS FULVUS. Gml. A.M. 
Golden Plover. 
CO. wanthocheilus. GOouLp. 
Axove, blackish brown, spotted with yellow or yellowish white ; below, 
yellowish white (winter plumage). 
eee WW. 6-7) > Bilal. late. 
Both Islands, Australia, Polynesia. Indian Archipelago, Norfolk 
Island, Siberia, Kamscatka, 8. Africa. 
638. CHARADRIUS OBSCURUS. Gml. C.M. 
Red-breasted Plover. Tuturiwata. 
ABoveE, brown ; below, rufous ; forehead, chin and vent, white. In the 
winter the under parts are pure white with a band of brown on the 
breast. 
MeO. 6:5 > B., Lay Eo 17, 
Egg.—Brownish yellow, spotted and blotched with black ; ovoid ; length, 
1:75 ; breadth, 1-25. 
64. CHARADRIUS BICINCTUS. Jard. C.M. 
Dotterel. Pohowera. 
ABOVE, greyish brown ; forehead, white, margined above and below with 
black ; a black line from the gape through the eye, down the side of the 
neck ; below, white, with a band of black on the breast, and another of 
chestnut on the upper abdomen. 
Hee We foe Bato Ts, 2. 
