430 CHARADRIIDJl. 



The whole length about seventeen inches. From the 

 carpal joint to the end of the wing, nine inches and three- 

 quarters ; the first quill-feather almost an inch shorter than 

 the second, which in the male described was as long as the 

 third, and both longer than the fourth, the second and 

 third being the longest in the wing. 



The males that are killed in the winter half-year have 

 the feathers of the neck of pale chestnut streaked with 

 black, like the same part in the female, which does not 

 change with the season. 



The adult female is of the same size as the male, and 

 has the head and neck mottled and streaked with black on 

 a ground of pale chestnut ; the chin white ; the neck below 

 without any appearance of transverse bars at any season ; 

 the wing-coverts have less white than those of the males ; 

 the white feathers on the breast, sides, and flanks, are 

 marked with short transverse bars of black. Females in 

 other respects resemble the males. 



