32.8 CHARADRIN.E. 



Charadrius fulvus, Om. 



845. 0. longipes, Tern. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 

 636 ; Butler, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 11 ; Deccan, 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 425 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology 

 of Sind, p. 224 ; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 

 1885, p. 132. 



THE ASIATIC GOLDEN PLOVER. 



Length, 10; expanse, 20 ; wings, 675 ; tail, 275 ; tarsus, 175; 

 bill at front, 0'85. 



Bill black ; irides deep brown ; legs and feet dark plum- 

 beous. 



In winter plumage the general color above is dull blackish-grey, 

 the edges of all the feathers with triangular spots of gamboge- 

 yellow ; the primaries blackish ; tail feathers banded whitish 

 -and dull black ; the chin white, front of neck and breast white,' 

 tinged with dusky and spotted with dull yellow ; the rest of 

 the lower plumage dull whitish ; the flanks somewhat spotted 

 with ashy and yellowish. 



In summer plumage the upper plumage becomes darker, the 

 ground color being somewhat deeper, and the yellow spots 

 diminished in extent ; the forehead is white ; the cheeks, throat, 

 neck, and middle of breast and abdomen, deep black, edged with 

 white on the sides of the neck, breast and flanks of the abdo- 

 men ; lower tail-coverts white ; primaries black, the stem of 

 the first white towards the tip, and the secondaries tipped with 

 white, as are the median-coverts ; tail brown, banded with 

 black ; bill and feet deeper black than in winter. 



The young have the colors somewhat as in winter plumage, 

 but the yellow spots above are less marked, the breast is more 

 dusky-grey, and they do not become so black the first summer 

 as they subsequently do. 



The Eastern Golden Plover is a cold weather visitant to 

 most portions of the region, but occurs much more commonly 

 in some places than in others. 



Charadrius pluvialis, Lin. 



845&IS. Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 225. 



THE EUROPEAN GOLDEN PLOVER. 



Length, 10'5toir5; wing, 7'5. 



Bill black ; irides deep brown. 



Forehead yellowish-white, streaked and spotted with pale 

 brown and grey ; head on the sides greyish-brown ; the crown, 

 back of neck and nape, greyish-brown with purple reflections 

 and yellow angular spots on the edges and tips of the feathers ; 

 chin and throat whitish; breast dusky greyish-white, tinged 

 yellow, and spotted ^with darker grey ; axillary plumes white ; 

 greater and lesser wing-coverts greyish-black, the spots .paler 



