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NEW ZEALAND PLOVER. 
(Charadrius Novae-Zealandiae.) 
Ch. cinereo-viridis, J'acie et torque colli nigris, vittd annulari 
capitis fascia, alarum corporeque subtus albis. 
Grey-green Plover, with the face and ring on the neck black j 
an annular stripe on the head, fascia on the wings, and body 
beneath, white. 
Charadrius Novae Zealandiae. Lath. Ind. Oru. 2. 745. 12. 
Charadrius Novae Seelandiae. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1.&‘84. 
New Zealand Plover. Lath, Gen. Syn. 5. 206 . 10. pL S3. 
Described and figured by Latham. “ A trifle 
bigger than the Ringed Plover : length eight 
inches: beak one inch long, red, with a black tip : 
irides blue-grey : eyelids red : the fore-part of the 
neck, taking in the eye, chin, and throat, black, 
passing backwards in a collar at the hind head ; 
all the back part of the head behind the eye greenish 
ash-colour ; these two colours divided by white : 
the plumage on the upper parts of the body the 
same colour as the back of the head : quills and 
tail dusky : the last order of coverts white for some 
part of their length, forming a bar on the wing : 
the under parts of the body white: legs red. In- 
habits Queen Charlotte’s Sound : known there by 
the name of Dojdooi oa-attoo** 
