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CHAEADEIUS. 



*^* Suhgeneric group ^gialopJiili minores. 

 f Ethiopian Species. 



CHARADRIUS PECUARIUS. 



KITTLITZ'S PLOVUB. 



Diagnosis. Charadrius, subgen. JEgialopMli minores, pedibus nigris : primarise tertise rhacbi omnino fusco : 

 primariarum tectricorum et secundariarum longitudine sequali. 



Variations. There are no variations due to season, and scarcely any due to sex in this species. Those 

 due to age are hereinafter described. In spite of its wide range and sedentary habits, no 

 local variations are known. 



Synonymy. Cbaradrius varius, Vieillot, N. Bid. d'Hist. Nat. xxvii. p. 143 (1818^ nee Brisson, Linneus, 



Nitzsch, 8fc.). 

 Charadrius pecuarius, Temminck, PI. Col. no. 183 (1823). 

 Charadrius pastor, Cuvier,fide Lesson, Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 319 (1828). 

 Hiaticula pecuaria [Temm.), Ruppell, Syst. Ueb. Vog. N.O.-Afr. p. 118 (1845). 

 iEgialitis pecuarius kittlitzii, Reichenbacfi, Handb. Spec. Orn. pi. cv. fig. 1063 (1851). 

 Charadrius isabellinus, Muller, Naumannia, 1851, p. 29. 

 ^gialites longipes, Heuglin, Syst. Ueb. Vog. N.O.-Afr. p. 56 (1856). 

 Leucopolius pecuarius (Temm.), -v 



Leucopolius kittlitzi {Reichenb.),i^°''''P- ^""^P^' ^''"^- ^^i"" P- 417 (1856). 

 ^gialites pecuarius {Temm.), Hartlaub, Orn. Westafr. p. 215 (1857). 

 Charadrius kittlitzi {Reich.), Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 297 (1867). 



