CHAEADEIUS. 



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The Wry-billed Plover may be always recognized by the remarkable peculiarity of its Specific 



bill, which curves considerably towards the right. It belongs to the group of yEgialophili 

 majores, the wing from carpal joint varying in length from 5'1 to 4'7 inch. 

 It is an inland species confined to New Zealand. 



characters. 



Geographi- 

 cal distribu- 

 tion. 



*^* Suhgeneric group yEgialophili majores. 

 tt New-World Species. 



CHARADRIUS MONTANUS. 



EOCKT-MOUNTAIN PLOVEB. 



Chakadrius, subgen. .Mgialophili majores, pedibixs pallidis : loris nigris aut brunneis : caudS, long& Diagnosis. 

 (58 ad 65 miUim.). 



Even the lynx eyes of American ornithologists have not been able to subdivide this species Variations, 

 into geographical races. 



Charadrius montaniiSj Townshend, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. vii. p. 193 (1837). 

 ^gialitis montanus [Townsh.], Baird, Cassin, ^ Lawrence, Birds N. Amer. p. 693 (1858). 

 Podasocys montanus {Townsh.), Coues, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 96. 

 ^gialitis asiaticns, var. montanns (Townsh.), Coues, Key N. Amer. Birds, p. 245 (1873). 

 Eudromias montanus [Townsh.], Coues, Check-list N. Amer. Birds, p. 135 (1873). 



Synonymy. 



Plates. — Audubon^ Birds Am. v. pi. 318. 



Habits.— Baird, Brewer, & Ridgway, Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. 172. 



Eggs. — Described by Brewer on p. 175 of the above-mentioned volume. 



Literature. 



The Rocky-Mountain Plover is the American representative of C. asiaticus, and Specific 

 principally differs from the winter plumage of that species in having the rudiments of a 

 dark subterminal band across the tail, but it has no trace of either black or white nuchal 

 collar. It belongs to the group of MgialopUli majores, the wing from carpal joint varying 



