ciiARAnniin.E — the plovers — oxyeciius. 



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Mr. II. Hei'lM)hiu (Urn, 1M71>, p. l.').'{j first iiu'l with this Mju'cieH in Sihvriii, .luiic 5, 

 iiiul secured niaiiy HperiiiieiiH uh it puxMeil tlie Kou-rug-i-ka in its niigrutionH. ITe 

 ii^iiiii ""'t witli it on tilt' open tuin/ni, hcyoml tin- limit of I'orrMt-growth, in Int. GU" 

 .to'. The nest was ii mere hollow in the uronml, lint'd with broken stiilks of reindoer- 

 iiioss. The eggs, fonr in nnmlier, averaged 1.1M» hy !.;]«'. These were taken .fuly Hi, 

 and were very niueh incubated. 



Mr. Seebolim shows that Mr. Swinhof prniialily erred in stating that this TMover 

 lirieils in Formosa, antl that he mistook the eggs of .Etjialitin (Jcojf'roi/l for those 

 of this species. 



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GKxrfl 0ZYECHX7S, ]!i:i( ukn-dacu. 



Oxiiechm, REU'iiEsn., Av. Syst. 1853, Introil. p. xviii (tyj*, Ckaradrius vociferui, Linn.). 



Cii.vK. IJill unmll, nk'tulur, iibeiit wpuil to tlie niiddli; toe (without null) ; tnrsiw nenrly twice an 

 long UM iiiiililii! lot' ; tail long (about two tliiriN us long m thu wings), reaching half its length 

 beyond till' ends of the primaries, grmlnated, the lateral feathers about ,75 shorter than the middle 

 jiiiir ; rump dill'ereiit in cilor from tin- back. 



The single N'orili Ameriean species of this genus dilfers conspicuously Irom the Plovers usually 

 inilnded together under .Kijiulilii/ui the broad, lengthened tail, and, so far as coloration is c(m- 

 cerned, in tint ochraceoii. lunipand the pairof bhick bands across the breast. It may be remarked, 

 however, that uulurutiou uluiie is of slight importuuco as u churuuter iu thin group. 





0. vociferus. 



Two Old World species appear to belong here rather than with the true Alyinlitis, namely, 

 niriraihius friaillnriK, A'ieill., of South Africa, and C'h. nigrifrons, Cuvieh, of Australia. The 

 former is nnich like a ndniature Kildeer Plover, having two black pectoral bands, like 0, 

 vncifenig (though their relative width is reversed, the posterior one being the l)ro(ider) ; the pro- 

 portions and details of form are (pdte the same, but the rump and upper tail-coverts are concolor 

 with the back. The Australian spei^ies agrees essentially with the above in size and proportions, 

 liut has broader and acuuunate rectrices, and the tail is more nearly even, while the plumage is 

 handsomer and more varied than in any other species of the group ; the scajjular region being 

 adorned with a patch of rich maroon chestnut, the upper tail-coverts rufous chestnut, etc. 



