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CHAEADEirS. 



CHARADRIUS NIGRIFRONS, 



BLACK-FRONTED F LOVER. 



Diagnosis. Charadrius scapularibus rufis. 



Variations. No geographical races of this species are known. 



Synonymy. Charadrius melanops, Vieillot, N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxvii. p. 139 (1818). 



Charadrius nigrifronSj Cuvier,fide Temm. PI. Col. no. 47. fig. 1 (1823). 

 iEgialitis nigrifrons {Temm.), Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 978. 

 Charadrius russatus, Jerdon, Madras Journ. 1840, p. 213. 

 Hiaticula nigrifrons (Temm,), Gray, List Birds Brit. Mus. iii. p. 71 (1844). 



Literature. Plates. — Temminck, PI. Col. no. 47 ; Gould, Syn. Birds Austr. pi. 32. fig. 1 ; Gould, Birds 



Austr. vi. pi. 20. 

 Habits. — Gould, Handb. Birds of Australia, ii. p. 232. 

 Eggs.— Harting, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, pi. Ix. fig. 9. 



Specific The Black-fronted Plover may be recognized by its chestnut-red scapulars. In young 



characters. - ^^ gj.gj. piujnage the chestnut is paler, and is distributed over the vfing-coverts as well as the 

 scapulars. 



