GEEAT PLOVEK 205 



chin, throat, and a streak on the cheek below the eye, 

 white : rest of neck, and breast, light cinnamon-colour, 

 streaked with brownish-black ; upper abdomen, light buff, 

 streaked with brownish-black ; lower abdomen, white ; 

 under tail-coverts, rich reddish-buff. 



Adult female nuptial. Similar to the male plumage. 



Adult winter, male and female. Similar to the nuptial 

 plumage. 



Immature, male and female. Similar to the adult 

 plumage, but duller in shade. 



BEAK. Basal half, yellow; distal half, black. 



FEET. Yellow. 



IRIDES. Bright golden-yellow. 



AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 



TOTAL LENGTH 16 in. 



WING 9-25 



BEAK 1/5 ,, 



TARSO-METATARSUS 3 '2 ,, 



EGG ... 2-1 x 1-5 in. 



Allied Species and Representative Forms. (E. capensis 

 is the South African form, while (E. affinis, a Tropical 

 representative, is found in Somaliland (Saunders). 



