584 CURSORID^:. 



Gen . Chara dr ius. Gmel. 



Bill short and strong; first quill longest ; hind toe wanting; other characters 

 as in the sub-family. 



1257- CharadriUS fulvus, Gm., Syst. Nat. I, p. 687; Dresser, B. 

 Eur. vii. p. 443, pi. ; Hume, Str.F. i. p. 228 ; ii.p. 287; id., Nests and Eggs, 

 p. 570; id., Str. F. iii. p. 179; Blyth, B. Burm. p. 153; Salvad., Ucc. Born. 

 p. 313 ; David et Oust. Ois Chine, p. 424 ; Hume and l)av., Str. F. vi. p. 455 ; 

 Hume, Str. F. vii. p. 482 ; Scully, Str. F. viii. p. 350 ; Legge, B. Ceylon, p. 

 934 ; Gates, B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 364. Charadrius longipes (Temm^, Bonap., 

 Rev. Crit., 1850, p. 180 ; Jerd., B. Ind. ii. p. 636, No. 845 ; Murray, Vert. 

 Zool., Sind, p. 224. The EASTERN GOLDEN PLOVER. 



Winter Plumage. Head dark brown, the tips of the feathers yellow ; fore- 

 head white or yellowish white, as are also the lores, supercilia, chin, foreneck 

 and the under tail coverts ; back, scapulars, rump, upper tail coverts and wing 

 coverts dusky brown, the edges of the feathers with triangular or sub -triangular 

 yellow spots ; tail lighter in colour, the feathers also similarly edged with 

 yellow spots ; the neck behind, on the sides, and in front buffy, with a dusky 

 tinge and yellow edgings and spots to the feathers ; flanks pale brown, spotted 

 with soiled white. In the summer plumage, the upper plumage is much 

 darker, nearly black, the yellow spots less numerous and smaller, the forehead 

 is white, and the cheeks, throat, neck, and entire under parts are black ; pri- 

 maries black, shafts of the first three white ; secondaries tipped with white ; 

 also the median wing coverts ; tail brownish with transverse bands of black. 



Length. IO to 10-5 inches; wing 675; tail 2-75; bill at front 0*87; 

 tarsus 175 ; bill dusky at base, black at the tip ; irides deep brown. 



Hab. Sind, Punjab, Kutch, Kattiawar, Deccan and India generally, also 

 Burmah, in open plains or in the vicinity of rivers and ploughed fields. 



1258. CharadriUS pluvialis, Linn., Syst. Nat. i. p. 251 ; Dresser, 

 B. Eur. vii. p. 460 ; Hume, Str. F. v. p. 247; id., vii. pp. 186; Murray, 

 Vert. ZooL, Sind, p. 225. The EUROPEAN GOLDEN PLOVER. 



Charadrius pluvialis. 



