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CHAEADEirS. 



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Subffeneric group j^gialophili majores. 

 f Old- World Species. 



CHARADRIUS ASIATICUS. 



CASPIAN SANB-P LOVER. 

 Diagnosis. Charadrius, subgen. ^gialophili majores, pedibus pallidis : loris albis. 



Variations. No local races of this species are known. 



Synonymy. 



Literature. 



Charadrius asiaticus, Pallas, Reise Russ. Reichs, ii. p. 715 (1773). 

 Charadrius caspius, Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso- Asiat. ii. p. 136 (1826). 

 Charadrius jugulariSj Wagler, Syst. Av. p. 69 (1827) . 



Eudromias asiaticus {Pall.), Keyserling u. Blasius, Wirh. Eur. p. Ixx (1840). 

 Charadrius damarensisj Strickland, Contrib. Orn. 1852, p. 158. 

 Morinellus caspius {Pall.), Bonap. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 417 (1856). 

 Morinellus asiaticus {Pall.), Begland ^ Gerbe, Orn. Eur. ii. p. 132 (1867). 



Plates. — Harting^ Ibisj 1870^ pi. v. (legs wrongly coloured) ; Dresser^ Birds of Europe, vii. 



pi. 522. 

 Habits. — Dresser, Birds of Europe, vii. p. 479. 

 Eggs. — Middendorff, Sib. Reise, ii. pi. xix. fig. 4. 



Specific 

 characters. 



The Caspian Sand-Plover is one of the larger species of the subgenus jEgialopUlus, 

 the wing from the carpal joint varying from 6-1 to 5-4 inch. It maybe distinguished from 

 its allies by its pure white lores and pale legs and feet. It is also exceptional in never 

 having any black marks on the head or neck, even in most adult plumage. 



