236 CHAKADKIID^ 



from the base of the beak to the nape of the neck, and a 

 black streak extends in front of and behind the eye ; chin, 

 white ; cheeks, buff-colour ; neck and back, pale brown ; 

 wings, barred with white ; primaries, black ; axillaries, 

 white ; tail, white, banded with dark brown, except the 

 outer feathers on either side ; under tail-coverts, white ; 

 breast and abdomen, brown, the latter of a deeper shade ; 

 flanks and lower abdomen, rich chestnut. 



Adult female nuptial. Similar to the male plumage. 



Adult winter, male and female. Closely resembles the 

 nuptial plumage, but " it is probable that the old birds have 

 sandy-buff margins to the feathers in the winter plumage, 

 as would appear to be the case with the Common Pewit " 

 (K. Bowdler Sharpe, Cat. Birds, Brit. Mus., xxiv, p. 176). 



Immature, male and female. Top of head, dark brown ; 

 line over the eye, impure white ; cheeks and back of neck, 

 dull buff, striped with brown ; breast, streaked with grey ; 

 abdomen, impure white, exhibiting near the tail a little 

 chestnut colouring ; two outer pairs of tail-feathers, white. 



BEAK. Black. 



FEET. Black. 



IRIDES. Blackish-brown. 



EGGS. Somewhat resemble those of the Lapwing, but 

 are paler, and have fewer spots : clutch, four. 



AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 



TOTAL LENGTH 12 in. 



WING ... 8 



BEAK ... . 1'12 



TARSO-METATARSUS 2'75 ,, 



EGG 1-8 x 1-3 in. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE PLUMAGE OF THE SPECIMEN SHOT 



IN IRELAND. 



" Top of head very dark brown dappled with light buff; 

 a broad light-coloured band extends right over the eye from 

 the bill to the back of the head. Back ash-grey with a 

 number of new feathers of a dark brown tint, with a rufous 

 edge coming out all over, which I take to be the winter 

 plumage. Lower part of breast blackish, with a band of 

 chestnut not very clearly defined extending right across 

 behind the legs. Vent -and lower tail coverts, white; upper 



