314 CLASS AVES. 



beneath, white ; head and back of neck, reddish-black; 

 tail, black and white. The Ch. Cucidlatus. Vieill. 

 South Seas. 



Grisled Plover. Lath. Ch. Griseus. Lath. 



Grey-brown ; beneath, white ; crown, black-spotted ; 

 wings, white spotted ; quills, black ; tail, dusky. New 

 Holland. 



Ch. Marginatus. Vieill. not 

 Geoff. Ch. Leucopolius, Wagler, n. 28. 



Occiput and back, ash ; feathers, pale-edged ; quills, 

 black ; forehead, nape, side of head, neck, and beneath, 

 white ; tail, white spotted : outermost feathers, white. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



Dusky Plover. Lath. Ch. Obscurus. Forster, t. 122. 



Blackish ; beneath, ochraceous ; forehead and throat, 

 whitish; neck, duller, pale streaked; bill, black. New 

 Zealand. 



Ch. Fulvus. B. Lath. Ch. 

 Xanthocheilus. Wagler, n. 36. 



Brown, fulvous edged ; beneath, white ; chest, dusky ; 

 tail, brown, each feather with a pale spot. 



Fulvous Plover. Lath. Ch. Fulvus. Forster, 

 t. 124. 



Black, fulvous-edged ; beneath, whitish ; chest, ful- 

 vous, black spotted ; wing-band, white. Otaheite. 

 Ch. Taitensis. Lesson. 



Red-chested Plover. Ch. Sanguineus. Lesson. 



Bill, short, black ; forehead, white ; top of head, face, 

 and eyestreak, grey ; throat spot, white ; chest and 



