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[Fam. CHARADEIIDiE 



ANAEHYNCHTJS FEONTALIS. 



(WRY-BILLED PLOVER.) 



Anarhynclms frontalis, Quoy et Gaim. Voy. de I'Astr. Zool. i. p. 252, pL 31, fig. 2 (1830). 

 Thinornis% frontalis, Gray, Gen. of B. iii., p. 545 (1847). 

 Anarhjnclms alhifrons, SchL HandL Dierk. i. p. 435 (1857). 

 Charadrms frontalis, Gray, Ibis, 1862, p. 234. 

 Thinornis frontalis. Gray, Hand-I. of B. iii. p. 17 (1871). 



Ad. supr^i dilute cinereus, scapularibus et tectricibus alarum dorse concoloribus : ala spuria brunnea : remi- 



gibus cinerascenti-brunncis, versus apiccm eonspicue saturatioribus^ scapis albidis : secundariis cinereis, 

 dorso concoloribus: cauda cinerascenti-brunnea, rectricibus extcrioribus pallida cineraceis, extimis 

 albicantibus : fronte et supcrcilio distincto albidis : linea secunda frontali nigra : linea per oculum 

 ducta et regionem paroticam amplectente cineracea : subtiis albus, torque pectorali lato nigro : sub- 

 alaribus albis, imis cinereo lavatis : rostro nigro : pedibus nigricanti-viridibus vix cinerascentibus : iride 

 nigra. 



Juv, similis sed sine torque pectorali. 



Adult male. Crown, bind neck, and all the upper surface uniform dark grey, the wing-coverts edged with 

 lighter ; primaries dark brown on their outer webs and at the tips, with white shafts, and the inner 

 webs dusky grey; the inferior primaries marked with white on their basal portion; secondaries and 

 their long covering-plumes dusky grey ; the middle tail-feathers greyish brown, the outer ones silvery 

 grey, margined and tipped with white ; forehead, throat, and all the underparts pure white, the upper 

 part of the breast crossed by a broad band of velvety black, which is generally widest on the left side ; 

 under tail-coverts and lining of wings pure white. Irides and bill black; legs and feet blackish green 

 tinged with grey. Total length 8 inches; wing, from flexure, 4' 75; tail 2; bill, following the curva- 

 ture, 1-4; bare tibia -4; tarsus 1; middle toe and claw 1-05. 



Female. Similar to the male, but with the pectoral band much narrower and of a duller black. 



Young. Plumage of the upper parts as in the adult, but paler ; under surface pure white. The progress 

 towards maturity is indicated by a narrow irregular zone of sooty black mottled with white. 



Chick. Covered with silky white down mottled on the upper parts with grey ; bill greyish black, brownisl 



at the tip ; legs greyish olive. 



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