CHARADRirS. 



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CHARADRIUS VEREDUS. 



OBIENTAL DOTTEREL. 



Charadrius axillaribus fuscis : digito medio quam rostrum breviore. 



It is not known ihat this species is subject to any local variation. 



Charadrius veredus, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1848, p. 38. 

 ^gialites veredus {Gould), Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 141. 

 Eudromias veredus {Gould), Harting, Ibis, 1870, p. 209. 



Diagnosis. 



Variations. 



Synonj-mj-. 



Plates. — Gould, Birds of Australia, vi. pi. 14 ; Harting, Ibis, 1870, pi. vi. ; David & Oust. Ois. Literature, 



Chine, pi. 120. 

 Habits. — Prjevalski, Rowley's Orn. Misc. ii. p. 434. 

 Eggs. — Unknown. 



The Oriental Dotterel has p-ei/ axillaries hke the Common Dotterel, C. morinelhs, and Specific 

 the Oriental Golden Plover, C.fuhus, and its American ally. Its white belly distinguishes '^^^''^''ters. 

 it from either of these species in summer plumage, but at all ages and seasons its small 



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