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SOCIAL PLOVEE. 



GRALLATORES. 



Famthj CHAEABEIID^. fBonaparte.J 



Genus CniETUSiA. (Bonaparte.) 



Getiejic Characters. — Bill stronger than in the restricted genus Vanellus; 

 head not crested; plumage ashy; wings moderate; no spur on the carpus; 

 tarsi moderately long; toes four, as in Vanellus. 



SOCIAL PLOVER. 



Chcetusia gregaria. 



Chcehisia gregaria, 

 Vanellus gregarius, 



" keptiischka, 

 Gharadrius gregarius, 

 " ventralis, 



Trifiga fasciata, 



" keptuschka, 

 Vanneau pluvier social, 

 Geseliger Regenpfeiferkiebietz, 



Bonaparte; Icon.Faun.Ital.pl., (1832-41.) 

 Vieillot; Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 

 Temminck; Man. d'Orn. iv., p. 360, (1820.) 

 Pallas; Reise, i., p. 456, (1771.) 

 "Wagler," Gray, and Hardw., 111. Ind. 



Orn., pi., (1829.) Nee Wagler. 

 Gmelin; Syst. Nat. i., p. 671, (1788.) 

 Gmelin; op. cit. 

 Of the French. 

 Of the Germans. 



Specific Characters. — Upper plumage greyish brown; superciliary streak, 

 occiput, sides of head, throat, under tail coverts, and lateral tail feathers, 

 pure white; no crest, or spurs on the wings. Length twelve to thirteen 

 inches; wing, from carpus to tip, seven inches and a half to eight inches; 

 tarsus two inches; middle toe one inch and a quarter; naked part of 

 thigh one inch; bill one inch and a quarter. 



The Social or Gregarious Plover is an Asiatic species, which is 

 found also inhabiting the southern parts of Russia, especially the 

 swampy plains on the borders of the Volga, from whence it wanders 

 to the Crimea, and occasionally into Poland. Its appearance in other 



