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CHAEADKITJS. 



*^* Subgeneric group Hiaticulm minores. 

 f Old- World Species. 



CHARADRIUS MINOR. 



LITTLE RINGED PLOVER. 



Diagnosis. CharadriuSj subgen. Hiaticulce minores, rectricibus lateralibus quam rectrices mediae vix brevi- 

 oribus (baud 7 millim.) : scapularibus dorso concoloribus. 



Variations. The Little Ringed Plovers breeding in the tropics are regarded as subspecifically distinct 

 on account of their smaller size. 



Synonymy. Charadrius dubius^ Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. p. 96 (1786, ex Sonnerat). 



Charadrius erythropus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 684 (1788, ex Sunnerat). 

 Charadrius curonicus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 693 (1788, ex Beseke). 

 Charadrius philippinus, Latham, Index Orn. ii. p. 745 (1790, ex Sonnerat) . 

 Charadrius minor, Wolf ^ Meyer, Vbg. Deutschl. i. p. 182 (1805). 

 Charadrius fluviatilis, Bechstein, Naturg. Deutschl. iv. p. 422 (1809). 

 Charadrius pusillus, Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Sac. xiii. p. 187 (1822) . 

 ^Egialitis minor {Wolf l^ Meyer), Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 558. 

 Charadrius minutus, Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. ii. p. 144 (1826) . 

 Charadrius hiaticuloides, Franklin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1831, p. 125. 

 Charadrius intermedius, Menetries, Cat. Rais. Cauc. p. 53 (1832). 



