236 BLACK-ZONED PLOVER. 



hind by the transverse white line already mentioned ; 

 this black band joins the narrow one across the 

 nostrils by a black line before the eye; the hind 

 head, the ears, and nape, is drab-brown. The chin 

 and throat are white, and this colour is continued 

 round the neck, so as to form a narrow collar ; this 

 is followed by another of black, which is narrow be- 

 hind and broad upon the breast. Quills blackish, 

 the shaft of the first only being white. Tail nearly 

 even, the lateral feathers broadly tipt with white ; 

 behind this white is a black patch which fades into 

 brown and ultimately into white ; the external fea- 

 ther is white, with a black spot on the inner web 

 only, placed nearly in the middle. Bill black ; legs 

 pale cinereous. 



Total length, 6J inches; bill, from the front, |; 

 wings, 4f , as long as the tail; tail, 4J ; tarsus, 1. 



