480 
b. Capite caninculato. 
b. Head carunculated. 
HOODED PLOVER. 
(Charadrius pileatus.) 
Cw.cristnlnSyJ'ronte carimciilala, corpore si<pra rufa-griseo subtus 
albo, xiertice giifd rewigibus Cftuddtp(e fipice iiigris. 
Crested Plover, with a carunculated frontal wattle; the body 
above red grey ; beneath white ; the crown, throat, quills, and 
tip of the tail, black. 
Charadrius pileatus. Gmel. S^si. Nat. I.69I. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 
2 . 7-19. ib. 
Pluvier coiffe du Senegal. Bjiff'. Ois. 8. ICO. — Pi. Enl. 834. 
Hooded Plover. Lath. Gen. Si/n. 5. 215. 21. 
Native of Senegal : length ten inches and a 
half: beak yellow, red towards the end, and black 
at the tip : the forehead covered vdth a carun- 
cnlated yellow membrane, passing round the eyes : 
the head and jiart of the neck black : the hind 
head furnished with a few short pointed feathers, 
hanging like a small crest, beneath which it is 
white : the upper parts of the body are rufous 
grey: all the under parts are white, with a few 
dusky dashes down the fore-part of the neck : the 
quills and tip of the tail are black : the tail very 
short : the legs red. 
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