252 Messrs. G. 'M. Mathews and Tom Iredale : 



Genus PLUVIALIS. 

 Pluvialis Schaeffer, Museum Ornith. 1789, p. 48. 

 Type (bv tautonymy) : P. apricarius {Linne). 



luvialis dominicus fulvns (Gmelin). Eastern Golden Plover. 

 ~Charadrms fulvus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 1 789, p. 687 : Tahiti. 



Synonym : — 



Charadn'us dominicus Buller, Suppl. vol. i. p. 174. [The type- 

 locality of Charadrius dominicus P. L. S. Miiller, Natursyst. 

 Suppl. 1776, p. 116, is Santo Domingo, West Indies.] 



Range : — New Zealand (irregular visitor) ; extralimital. 



Genus PLUVIORHYNCIIUS. 

 Pluviorhynchns Bonaparte, Comptes Rendus Sci. Paris, 

 vol. xliii. 1856, p. 417. 



Type (by subs, design.) : P. obscurus (Gmelin). 



Pluviorhynclms obscurus (Gmelin), New Zealand Dottrel. 



Charadrius obscurus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 1789, p. 686 : 

 Dusky Sound, South Island. 



Synonyms : — 



Charadrius glareola Forster, Descr. Anira. ed. Licbt. 1844, ]). 109 : 



same locality. 

 Ochthodromus odsciirus Buller, Suppl. toI. i. p. 175. 



Range : — Both Islands (breeding) ; Stewart Island 

 (breeding). 



Genus CIRREPIDESMUS. 

 Cirrepidesmus Bonaparte, Comptes Rendus Sci. Paris, 

 vol. xliii. 1856, p. 417. 



Type (by tautonymy) : C. inconspicuus (Lichtenstein). 



Cirrepidesmus bicinctus (Jardine & Selby). Double-banded 

 Dottrel. 

 Charadrius bicinctus Jardine & Selby, IIlus. Ornith, vol, i. 

 1827, pi. 228 : New South Wales. 

 Synonym : — 



OrhfhofJromin; hicincUin P.uller, Suppl. vol. i. p. 175. 

 Range :— Both Islands (breeding) ; Eastern Australia. 



