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[Pam. CHAEADPJIDiE 



CHAEADEIUS FTILVUS. 



(EASTERN GOLDEN PLOVER.) 



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Fulvous Plover, Lath. Gen, Syn. iii, p. 211 (1785). 



Charadrius fulvus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 687 (1788, ex Lath.). 



Charadrius ])luvialis, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 187 (1822). 



Charadrius ocantlwcheilus, Wagl. Syst. Av. Charadrius, sp. 36 (1827, ex Lath.). 



Charadrius taitensis, Less. Man. d'Om. ii. p. 321 (1828). 



Charadrius virginianus, Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn. ii. pi. Ixxxv. (c. 1830). 



Charadrius glaucopis, Forster, Descr. Anim. p. 176 (1844). 



Charadrius virginicus, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 262 (1849, nee Borkh.). 



''Plimialis longipes, Temm.," Bonap. C. E. xliii. p. 417 (1856). 



Pluvialis xanthocheilus, id. torn. cit. p. 417 (1856). 



Pluvialis taitensis, id. torn. cit. p. 417 (1856). 



Pluvialis fulvus, id. torn. cit. p. 417 (1856). 



Charadrius auratus, Schrenk, Eeis. Amurl. Yog. p. 410 (1860). 



Ad. 



hzem. supr^ brunneus, plumis ochrascentl-fulyo ubique marginatis : collo postico cinerascente : tectricibus 

 alarum cinerascenti-brunneis, albido et pallide ochraceo maculatis, tnajoribus magis conspicu^ albo ter- 

 mmatis : remigibus brunneis, versiis apicem nigricantibus, secundariis elongatis extus ocbrascen i-f ulvo 

 maculatis, remigibus minoribus anguste albo terminatis : rectricibus cinerascenti-brunneis, albo termi- 

 natis, exterioribus saturate brunneo variis : loris albicantibus : facie " laterali et supercilio indistincto 

 oclirascenti-albis, brunneo notatis, regione parotic^ saturatius brunne^ : subtus albescens, pectore supe- 

 riore et laterali fumoso, ocbrascenti-fulvo lavato : subalaribus et axiUaribus pallide fumosis : rostro nigro : 

 pedibus plumbeis : iride fusca. 



Ad. mtiv. pectore nigro distingucndus : supercilio lato cum collo et pectore lateralibus albis, his nigro notatis. 



Adult in winter. 



brownish 



feather marked on both webs with rounded spots of pale golden yellow ; on the nape these yellow 

 markings are confluent, and on the scapulars they are paler, these feathers haying likewise a terminal 

 margin of yellowish white ; lower part of forehead, sides of face, and throat fulvous white ; ear-coverts 

 dark brown ; fore neck tawny white, largely mottled and spotted with brown j the rest of the underparts 

 fulvous white, clouded with brown ; lining of wings and axillary plumes pale smoky grey ; quills blackish 

 brown, with white shafts j the long inner secondaries with a series of triangular yellow spots along the 

 outer edge of both webs ; wing-coverts greyish brown, margined with yellowish white ; tail-feathers 

 blackish brown, toothed on both webs, and terminally margined with yellowish white. Irides and biU 

 black ; legs and feet plumbeous. Length 10 inches ; wing, from flexure, 6-75 ; tail 2-5 ; bill, along the 

 ridge -9, along the edge of lower mandible 1 ; bare tibia 1 ; tarsus 1-6 ; middle toe and claw \ -25. 





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