CHAEADEIU8. 



Hiaticula torquata (Briss.), Gray, List Birds Brit. Mus. iii. p. 68 (1844, nee Linn.). 

 Charadrius major, Tristram,) fide Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 15 (1871). 



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Plates. — Gould, Birds of Gt. Britain, iv. pi. 41 ; Brisson, Orn. v. pi. v. fig. 1. 

 Habits. — Seebohm, British Birds, iii. p. 20. 

 Eggs.— Seebohm, British Birds, pi. 26. fig. 5. 



Literature. 



A large race of the Ringed Plover {winff 5"5 to 5-0 instead of 5-2 to 4-8 inch) is a Subspecific 

 resident in the British Islands. The upper parts are paler in colour, and the legs and feet '^^^'^^^ ®'^- 

 are stouter than in the smaller race, which passes our islands on migration. It is difficult 

 to determine the precise range of this large race ; but it probably extends to the coasts of 

 France, as I have examples from Havre which unquestionably belong to it. The eggs of 

 the large race are conspicuously larger than those of the smaller form. 



CHARADRIUS MONACHUS. 



HOODED RINGED PLOVER. (Plate V.) 

 Charadrius, subgen. Hiaticula typicce, supracaudalibus centralibus ferenigris : dorso pallide griseo. Diagnosis. 



No local races of this species are known. 



Charadrius cucuUatus, Vieillot, N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxvii. p. 136 (1818). 

 Charadrius monachus, Geoffr.fide Wagler, Syst. Av. p. 60 (1837). 

 iEgialitis monachus {Wagler), Gould, Syn. Birds Austr. pi. 33. fig. 3 (1837). 

 Hiaticula monacha {Wagler), Gray, List Birds Brit. Mm. iii. p. 70 (1844). 



Variations. 



Synon)'my. 



