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the Chupat, going southward. It was nesting on the hills bordering the 

 valley of the Sengel and generally seen throughout our journey. On the 

 3Oth December I caught two chicks on Tambo Point ; they are pretty little 

 downy things, mottled all over with light and dark chocolate and white. 



"The adult has the iris wood-brown, beak black, legs flesh-colour, feet 

 and claws black." (Durnford, Ibis, 1878, p. 402.) 



"Another Plover which breeds in South Patagonia and comes north for 

 the winter. On the i8th May, I saw a small bunch in the camp at Sta. 

 Ana, but they were so wild I could not get a shot. They uttered a few 

 whistles, quite different from that of the Golden Plover, on rising. On 

 the following Sunday I saw them again when riding without a gun, 

 but a long search next morning was not rewarded. There is a local 

 specimen in the Museum." (O. V. Alpin, on Birds Uruguay, Ibis, p. 207. 

 1894.) 



This species, both adult and young, has been collected at Lake Blanco 

 in the Chubut District by J. Koslowsky during the months of September 

 and November. 



Subfamily CHARADRIINA1. 



Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXIV. p. 145, 1896; Sharpe, Hand-list Bds. 

 I. p. 159, 1899. 



Genus BELANOPTERUS Reichenbach. 



Belanoptems, Reichenbach, Av. Syst. Nat. p. XVIII. 

 (1852); Sharpe, Cat Bds. Brit. Mus. XXIV. p. 163 



Type. 



