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CHAEADEIUS. 



CHARADRIUS CANTIANUS. 



KENTISH PLOVER. 



Diagnosis. 



Variations. 



Synonymy. 



Literature. 



Charadrius, subgen. JEgialopMli minores, nucTiS, nou coUari nigro sed collari albo ornata : pectore 

 utrinque macula fusc^: primarise tertise rhachide pro majore parte alba. 



The Kentish Plover might be supposed, from its most inappropriate name, to be confined 

 to the south-east corner of England. On the contrary its range extends eastwards for 

 250 degrees of latitude. It is not surprising, therefore, that it may be subdivided into 

 several races or subspecies. 



Charadrius cantianus, Latham, Index Orn. Suppl. p. Ixvi (1801). 



Charadrius albifrons, Wolf 6^ Meyer, Vog. Deutschl. i. p. 180 (1805). 



Charadrius littoralis, Bechstein, Naturg. Deutschl. iv. p. 430 (1809). 



^gialitis cantianus {Lath.), Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 558. 



Hiaticula cantiana {Lath.), Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 263 (1849). 



Hiaticula.elegans, Lichtenstein, Nomencl. Av. p. 94 (1854). 



iEgialopMlus cantianus {Lath.), Gould, Handb. B. Austr.M. p. 334 (1865). 



Plates. — Gould, Birds Gt. Brit. iv. pi. 40 ; Dresser, Birds of Europe^ vii. pi. 523. 

 Habits. — Seebolim, British Birds^ iii. p. 25. 

 Eggs. — Seebohm, British Birds, pi. 26. figs. 7, 9. 



