738 Birds of Celebes: Charadriidae. 



that Charadrius, like many other Waders, once had the fourth toe and has lost 

 it; and it is more probable that Squatarola has not quite lost it yet, than that it 

 lost it a period ago and has now regained it. 



GENUS CHARADRIUS L. 



Bill about as long as the cranium, slightly recurved, terminal third forming 

 a dertrum, or solid, slightly swollen tip, maxillary groove along the basal two- 

 thirds; tarsus and lower half of tibia reticulated; no hallux; toes shorter than 

 tarsus; tail of 12 rectrices, nearly square, longer than the tarsus; wing long, 

 pointed, the first primary abortive and concealed, the next the longest; second- 

 aries less than half its length, except the inner ones which are much lengthened. 

 Plumage above spangled with golden tawny and black, throat and breast in 

 summer black. Migratory; almost cosmopolitan. 



^ 317. CHARADRIUS FULVUS Gm. 



Eastern Golden Plover. 



Charaarius fulvus (1) Gm., S. N. 1788, I, 687 (ex Latli. &Forster); (2) Finsch & Hartl, 

 Orn. Centralpolyn. 1867, 197; (III) Sli. & Dress., B. Europe VII, 443, pis. 516, 

 517 (1871); (4) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, VHI, 88; (5) Salvad., Cat. Ucc. Borneo 

 1874, 313; (6) Hume, Str. F. 1874, H, 287; (7) Briigg., Abh. Ver. Bremen 1876, 

 V, 88; (8) D. &0., Ois. Chine 1877, 424; (9) Hume & Davis., Str. F. 1878, VI, 

 455; (10) Lay., Ibis 1878, 262; (11) id., ib. 1879, 107; (12) Meyer, t. c. 146; 

 (13) Legge, B. Ceylon 1880, 934; (14) Eosenb., Zool. Garten 1881, 167; (15) Lay., 

 Ibis 1881, 135; (16) id., ib. 1882, 532, 544; (17) A. Miill., J. f. 0. 1882, 434; 

 (IS) Salvad., Orn. Pap. 1882, m, 294; (19) Gates, B. Br. Burmah 1883, H, 364; 

 (20) W. Bias., J. f. 0. 1883, 139; (21) Sharpe, Report Voy. Alert 1884, 27; 

 (XXP'^) Seeb., Brit. B. 1885, m, 40, pi. 25; (22) Guillem., P. Z. S. 1885, 559; 

 (23) W. Bias., Z. ges. Orn. 1886, 140; (24) Biittik., Notes Leyd. Mus. 1887, IX, 

 79; (25) Seeb., Distr. Charadr. 1887, 99; (26) Buller, B. New Zeal. 2°* ed. 

 1888, n, 6; (27) Rams., Tab. List 1888, 19; (28) W. Bias,, Ornis 1888, 319; 

 (29) Everett, J. Str. Br. R. A. S. 1889, 204; (30) Hagen, T. Ned. Aard. Genoots. 

 1890, (2) VH, 163; (31) Seeb., B. Japan 1890, 303; (32) Steere, Philipp. List 



1890, 25; (33) Whitehd., Ibis 1890, 59; (34) Sharpe, t. c. 142; (35) Styan, ib. 



1891, 503; (36) Salvad., Agg. Orn. Pap. 1891, 200; (37) id.. Ami. Mus. Civ Gen. 

 1891, (2) Xn, 75; (38) Gatke, Vogelw. Helgol. 1891, 484; (39) Wiglesw., Av. 

 Polyn. 1892, 63; (40) Wilson, B. Sandw. Is. pt. HI, 1892; (41) Biittik., Zool. 

 Erg. Weber's Reise 1893, EI, 281, 305; (42) Taczan., Faun. Orn. Sib. Orient. 



1893, n, 815; (43) M. & Wg., J. f. 0. 1894, 251; (44) Newton, Diet. B. 1894, 

 732; (45) Bns. & Worces., B. Menage Exp. 1894, 31; (46) Hartert, Nov. Zool. 



1894, 483; (47) Everett, Ibis 1895, 32; (48) M. & Wg., Abh. Mus. Dresd. 1895, 

 Nr. 8, p. 17; (49) iid., ib. Nr. 9, p. 8; (50) Yorderm., N. T. Ned. Ind. 1895, LIV, 

 351; (51) Hart., Nov. Zool. 1896, 180. 



a. Charadrius xanthocheilus Wagl.; (I) Gould., B. Austr. 1848, VI, pi. 13. 



//. Charadrius longipes "Temm." ; ('ij Swinh., Ibis 1863, 404; (2) A. Miill., J. f. 0. 1882, 434. 



