310 CLASS AVES. 



Indian Plmwr. Lath. Ch. Indicus. Lath. 



Brown ; forehead, eyebrows, and occiput, brown- 

 white ; throat, whitish ; belly, white ; two side 

 tail-feathers, white, brown spotted; bill, base, yel- 

 lowish. Africa, especially the Cape. The Ch. Bitor- 

 guatus, Lichst. Ch. Tricollaris. Vieill. 



Three-handed Plover. Ch. Trifasciatus. 

 Lichst. 



Back, grey ; face, throat, chest, and three lateral 

 quills, white ; band between the eyes and chest and 

 crop band, black ; top, head, and nape, rufous. In- 

 habits Brazil. 



Char. Azarai. Tern. Col. 18. t. 4. 



Ash, varied with rufous ; forehead, throat, chest, belly, 

 and three lateral tail-feathers, white ; crown spot, face, 

 and band between crop and chest, black ; occipital 

 band and ears, reddish. Length, eight inches. The 

 Ch. Collaris. Vieill. from Azara, n. 392. 



Char. Melanops. Vieill, Gal. 

 235. or Ch. Nigrifrons. Cuv. Col. 47. 



Reddish-brown, white streaked ; wing-coverts, white 

 edges ; beneath, white ; forehead, streak on side 

 of neck, throat-collar, and quills, black. New 

 Holland. 



Wilson''s Plover. Ord. Ch. Wilsonii. Ord. Wils. 

 Amer. ix. t. 73. f. 5. 



Olive-ash ; front, collar, and beneath, white ; frontlet 

 and broad ring round base of neck, black; bill, black; 

 feet, reddish. North America. Wagler considers 

 Ch. Magnirostris, Spix. Braz. as the young of this 

 bird. 



