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a. akxatuhiiM.^ Lores ulwnys crossed by ii •lu'-ky striiii-. In sumnur, pileum brownish 



gruy or dull Imff. Wiii^', 4.40 ; culiiieii, .55-.(iO; tarsus, l.(>:i-l.l:i ; middle toe, .55-.(i(>. 



//((/). Eurcipe, etc. 

 /3. dmUmtn (?).'■' Lures ulways witli u bluclc streiik. In xninnur (and I'reiiuently in winter 



also), jiileuni liri;,'lit rjddisli liul! or liiiiianion-rul'ous. Wiii^;, 4.;$;")— 4.7<» ; culnien, .(J8-,7H; 



tarsus, l.l(»-l.l.') ; nuddle toe, .(i.'t-.TO. Ilnh. Eastern Asia (IIonj,'-Ki)nj,', etc.). 

 y. iiiroMi. Lores usually entirely wliite (never with a continuous or distinct dusky streak). 



//( gnnimn: iiileiini [lale brownish Ki'ay or grayish liutt". Win;;, 4.20-4.30 ; culineii, .(!0 ; 



tarsus, .!M>-i.O.') ; niitldle toe, .r)")-.(!o. Ilnh. Western America ; Yucatan; Cuba (f). 

 B. Nape without trace of white or dusky collar. 

 a. Culmen e(|ual to or lon^-r than the nudiUe toe, the bill slender. 



6. JB. albidipectUB.^ iireast without trace ol either black or grayi.sh band, but tinged, es[)e- 



cially on each side, with light cinnamon ; the sides of the neck and un indistinct nuchal 

 collar deeper cinnamon; lorehead, dieeks. and lower parts, except as described, white; 

 loral stripe, crown, post-ocuLir streak, and post-auricular spot dusky Idack. Wing, 4.10; 

 culmen, .(iO ; di'i'th of bill at base, .17 ; tarsus, l.lo ; ndddle toe, Sm. Huh. Chili. 



7. .SI. collarlB.'' Foreliead, cheeks, and lower jiarts pure white, the juguluni with a dis- 



tinct black transverse band, broadest later.illy ; di.stinct loral stripe and anterior half 

 of the crown black ; upi>er jiarts grayish brown, the leathers margined with paler, and 

 tinged witii rufous, especially on the crown, auriculars, and sides of neck. Ymukj, with 

 the black on the crown and lores al)seiit or barely indicated, and vhe jugular band much 

 narrowed, or even interrupted, in tlie ndddle portion. Wing, .■}.7o-4. 15 ; culmen, .(iO ; 

 depth of bill through base, .1')-.17; tarsus, l.(M)-I.IO; middle toe, .oO-..').^. Huh. Tropi- 

 cal America in general, from I'araguaj", Buenos Ayi-es, and Ciiili to Southern Mexico. 



8. Si. falklandioa.^ Forehead, lores, and under ])arts white, the juguluni crossed by a 



' vEoiAi.rris .M.Kx.vNiuiix.v (LiMii.). The Kcntisli Plover. 



t'/iiirddriiis iili.niiiiln'iuis, I, INN. S. N. cil. Id, I. 1758, IHO. 



^■Kiliii/ilin ali:fiimh-'uiiix, ( 'oi.i.iTr, Clirist. Vi<lcnsk. Fiirh. 1881, 4. — Stejn. Proc. U. S. Nnt. Mus. 



Vol. ,1, 188-.', 35. 

 Cliiiroflrin.H vanliniuis, Lath. Iml. Orii. Suppl. 1801, p. Ixvi. 

 A^ijialitis oiiifiiiinis, BoiK, [sis, 18'J2, i'l.'iM, ct All T. 

 Chdradrius iilhi/rniis, Mkvi.ii, Tiisdiciili. dciitsch. Viig. ii. 323. 

 Vharadrius Utlnrulis, Bkiiist. Xaturg. Dcutscld. iv. 430, pi. 23. 

 j-EijialiUH alhigitlnn's, Bkku.m, Vug. DiMitscld. \i. 552. 

 2 (?) .'EoiAiJTis DKAi.iiATA, .Swinli. IMoc. Zoul. Soc. Lond. 1870, 138 (southern coa.st of Chinn, 



including Fmiiiosa and Hainan). 

 To this liiitl I refer, with nmcli hesitation, live specimens of an A'ljinHtis from IIong-Koiig Hay, col- 

 lated by Mr. I'. L. .louy, of the I'nited States National .Museum. These birds, while closely rescinliliiig 

 .A,', iilixaniliiiiii (vel cniitiiinn), are unil'onnly inudi largev than K.uropean exanijilcs of the latter, iis 

 iniliiiited by the measurements ^iven aliove ; tliey are likewise nnieli inure richly colored, an adult male 

 collected Xovember 12, and an adult female olitidned about the same time, having the entire crown and 

 (Mci|int a .soft einnamon-bulf or light cinnanion-nil'uus, the leuiale having even the whole dorsal region, 

 iiicluiling the tertials, tinged with this color. 



* -EoiALrris Ai.Bti)ii>K(Tis, Itidgw. Proc. r. S. Xat. Mus. Vol. 5, 1883, p. 526. 



* ^EuiALiris roLl.Alils (Vieill.), A/am's Hinged Plover. 



CImmdrius ollaris, Vikii.i.. Enc. Metli. II. 1823, 334. 



Mji'ililes colloris, Set., k Sai.v. P. Z. .S. 18ti!», 252; Norn. N'cotr. 1873, 143. 



CImi-adnm Azni-a; HciiT. Verz. Doubl. 1823, 71.— Tkm.m. PI. Col. 184. 



"C/iiiradrin.s Inrvuliis, LKSso^i," 



./Eguililin (jrucilis, Cauan. .1. f. O. 1872, 158 (Isthnuis of Tuhuantepec). 



* ^GiAi.rris KAi.Ki.ANnuA (bath.). Fidklund Island I'ing Plover. 



Chffi-udriiui fiilUinidicu.i, Latii. Ind. (hii. ii. 17i)0, 747. 

 ./Hijialites fidkltindieus, Aniiorr, Iliis, 18i!l, 155. 

 "C/mradrins anntiU'jeru.i, Waoi.. Syst. Av." 

 "t'/iiirii)lriu.s in/rrliocfii/uihtu, Liissos et (lAisNirr." 

 Chiimdrins Irifiiscwlnn, Liclir. Ver/. Doubl. 1823, 71. 

 " Charndriiis bi/iiscialna, \Va(1i.. Syst. Av. spec. 31." 

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