412 CHARADBIID.E. 



but tliis appears to be constant at all ages ; chin and throat 

 white, this colour extending from the latter round the nape 

 of the neck ; below this and above the breast is a collar of 

 black ; the breast itself, the belly, vent, and under tail-co- 

 verts, pure white ; legs and toes flesh colour tinged w'ith yel- 

 low ; the claws black. 



In the Manual of M. Temminck, vol. ii. p. 542, the 

 length of this Little Plover is, by an error of the press, stated 

 to be three inches ten lines, French measure, instead office 

 inches ten lines, French measure, equal to about six inches 

 and one quarter English measure. Adult specimens gene- 

 rally measure rather more. From the carpal joint to the end 

 of the wing, four inches and three-eighths ; the first quill- 

 feather but very little longer than the second, and the long- 

 est in the wing. 



The representation of the adult bird in Mr. GoukPs plate 

 wants the pale brown colour of the back extended over the 

 feathers of the rump and the upper tail-coverts. 



Adult females have the white and black frontal bands 

 narrower than the males, according to M. Temminck, and 

 they are also less perfectly defined. 



Young birds of the year want all the decided black mark- 

 ings which distincjuish old birds, and the ash-brown feathers 

 of the back and winij-coverts have buff-coloured maroins. 



