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General colour above bronzy-brown ; centre of lower back, rump, 

 and median upper tail coverts blackish-brown ; the sides of back 

 and rump pure white ; small patch below eye, cheeks, throat, and 

 sides of neck pure white ; crown of head and sides of face black. 



Total length, 7 '5 in. ; culmen, 0*8 in. ; wing, 4 '3 in. ; tail, 1'8 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1 '6 in. 



Hab. : 1, 3, 6, 7, 8. 



GENUS LOBIVANELLUS. Spur on the wing. Facial wattle. 



604. L. lobatllS, Lath., Spur- winged Plover. 



Sides of chest black ; a black band also crossing the hinder neck 

 above mantle, aud joining the black crown so as to interrupt the 

 white collar ; under surface white. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 



605. L. miles, Bodd., Masked Plover. 



Sides of chest brown ; rest of under surface white ; complete 

 white collar on hind neck ; no black band across neck. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 8. 



SUB-FAMILY CHARADRIIN^. 



Nasal groove not extended beyond half length of culmen ; tarsus reticulated, 

 or with hexagonal scales both front and behind ; bill with dertrum 

 always more or less conspicuous. 



GENUS ZONIFER. With no spur on wing, but a facial wattle present. 



606. Z. tricolor, Vieill. (Sarciophorus pectoralis, Cuvier), Black-breasted 



Plover. 



Black pectoral band ; basal half of tail white ; terminal half 

 black; cheeks and throat white; sides of rump and upper tail 

 coverts pure white. 



Total length, 10'5 in.; culmen, 1'05 in.; wing, 7'4 in.; tail, 

 3'2 in. ; tarsus, 1'9 in. 



Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9. 



GENUS SQUAT ARO LA. With no spur and no facial wattle ; inner 

 secondaries very long and pointed ; the distance from shortest 

 secondary to tip of primaries more than half length of wing ; hind 

 toe present ; a black throat or breast in summer plumage ; upper 

 plumage spangled. 



607. S. helvetica, Linn. (Charadrius helvetica), Grey Plover. 



Adult Male in Breeding Plumage. Axillaries black, with slight 

 fringe of brown at tips. 



Winter Plumage. Axillaries black. 



Young like winter plumage of adults, and axillaries always black. 



Total length, 10'5 in. ; culmen, 1'3 in. ; wing, 8 in. ; tail, 3 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1-8 in. 



Hab. : 3, 4, 5. 



GENUS CHARADRIUS. As in Squatarola, but has no hind toe. 



608. C. dominicus, Mull. (C. fulvous; C. xanthocheilus, Wagler), 



Lesser Golden Plover. 



Axillaries smoky-brown at all ages. 



Winter Plumage. Buffy tint, mottled with brown. 



Summer Plumage. Under surface jet black, margined by white 

 line. 



Total length, 9 in. ; culmen, 1 in. ; wing, 6*5 in. ; tail, 2 '4 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1 '6 in. 



Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. . 



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