Fam. Charadriadae. — 977 — Gen. Pluvianus. 



Vieill. Gal. Ois. p. 233. — Ch. alexandrinus, var. ß. Lath. — Plu- 

 vianus aegyptius, Strickl. — Strickl. Ann. and Mag. 1852. p. 348. 



— Hartl. W. Afr. Nr. 601. — Schleg. Cat Curs. p. 14. — Gray, 

 Handl. III. p. 18. — Gould, B. of As. pl. . . . — Bree, B. of Eur. 

 IV. p. 14. c. tab. — Rchb. Grall. t. CCXLV1II. f. 2120.; 2122.; 

 2123. — ? Ch. leucogaster , Gm. — ? C. superciliaris , Bonn. — Ch. 

 africanus, Lath. Sonn. Trav. II. p. 209. — Hyas aegyptius, Glog. — 

 Brehm, Thierl. IV. p. 575. — Brehm, Reisesk. III. p. 169. — Plu- 

 vianus aegyptiacus , Brehm, Gab. Journ. 1853. Extrah. p. 102. — 

 1855. p. 376. — Cheüodromas melanocephalus, Rüpp. Mus. Senkenb. 

 II. p. 208. — Pari species, Forsk. Icon. t. XXI. — Pluvianus me- 

 lanocephalus et microrhynchos, Brehm Vogelf. p, 280. — Pluvianus 

 aegyptius,' Rüpp. Syst. Uebers. Nr. 399. — Antin. Cat. p. 99. — 

 Heugl. Syst Uebers. Nr. 559. — Tristr. Ibis 1868. p. 322. — Taylor, 

 Ibis 1859. p. 52. — 1867. p. 6S. — Brehm, Cab. Journ. 1854. p. 

 70. - L856. p. 401. — Hartl. Cab. Journ. 1861. p. MS. — Heugl. 

 Cab. Journ. 1862. p. 294. — 1863. p. 271. — Hartm. Cab. Journ. 



1863. p. 463.; 469.; 474. — 1864. p. 227. — Adams, Cab. Journ. 



1864. p. 454. — Gnrney, Zoologist 1853. p. 4096. — König- Warth. 

 Neott. Stud. Nr. 91. — Heugl. Peterm. Geogr. Mitth. 1869. p. 411. 



— Shelley, Ibis 1871. p. 146. — Gray, Gen. of B. III. p. 536.— 

 Hartl. Ibis. 1862. p. 336. 



Arabisch Ter el temsach |r-^LujVwiJ' ^ 



Subcristatus ; tergi medii plumis valde angustatis et elongatis ; 

 pileo, loris, cervice, cum interscapulii tergique plumis mediis et torque 

 pectorali nigemmis , nitore nonnullo aeneo ; Stria supraoculari, a 

 uaribus ad nucham ducta, nivea; mento, gula, tibialibus, gastraeo 

 medio et subalaribus sericeo-candidis ; jugulo, pectore, hypochon- 

 driis et subcaudalibus ochraceis, bis laetius rut'escentibus ; notaeo 

 reliquo cum rectricibus saturate coerulesceiite-cmereis , bis latc 

 albo-apicatis, fascia stricta anteapicali nigra; ala media alba; 

 remige extima fusco-atra, intus, basiu versus, albicante, in pogonii 

 mterni dimidio basali stricte albo-marginata ; primariis reliquis 

 albis, fascia lata mediana margineque apicali ni^ris; seeundariis 

 albis, nigro-terminatis, in apice ipso partim stricte albo-margina- 

 tis; rostro nigro; iride umbrina; pedibus laete plumbeis; -- long, 

 tot. ö 1 /*'". rostr. a fr. 8'". -8V". — al. 4". 10'".— 5". 1'". 



