110 BIRDS UF BRITISH GUIANA. 



Ranae in Brifish Guiana. Abary River [McConnell coUedimi). 



Extralimital Range. South America generally, Galapagos, 

 West Intlie?, Central and North America. 



Habits. According to Schomburgk (R^is. Guian. iii. p. 758) 

 this bird is found on the sand- and mussel-banks of the coast. 



Mr. J. J. Quelch (Timehri (2) x. p. 270) states that this bird 

 " Arrives here in September, and during the later months it 

 appears to pass further and further south, but representatives 

 are met with throughout the winter.'*' 



67. Charadrius collar is. 

 Collared Plover. 



Charadrius coUaris Yieill. X. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxvii. p. 136, 1^18 

 (Paraguay) ; Braboume & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 39, no. 3S1, 1912. 



Charadrius azarce Cab. in Schomb. Keis. Guian. iii. p. 7.51, 181S. 



j3iigiaUtis collaris Salvin, Ibis, 18S6, p. 178 (Bartica Grove) ; Sbarpe, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xsiv. p. 28S, 1896; Quelch, Timehri (2) x. 

 p. 270, 1896. 



" Small Ring Plover" (Quelch). 



Adult male. General colour above earth-brown tinged with 

 rufous, which is more intense on the top of the head, ear-coverts, 

 and sides of neck ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills 

 dark brown, the latter with white shafts and white tips to the 

 secondaries and inner primaries ; outer tail-feathers white, the 

 central ones brown ; fore part of head, loral streak, and band 

 across the che?t black ; forehead, throat, and remainder of the 

 under surface white, as also the axillaries and under wing-coverLs. 

 " Bill black ; feet flesh-colour ; iris brown.'' 



Total length 130 mm., cuhnen 16, wing 96, tail 45, tarsus 2G. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male both in colour of 

 plumage and measurements. 



The male described was collected on the Abary River in 

 September 1907. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in Briti>h Guiana. 



Kest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Bogs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Abary River (McConnell coUectioii) ; 

 Bartica, Ourunei (If. Whitehj). 



Extralimital Range. The remainder of South America east of 

 the Andes. 



