CRESTED PLOVER. 
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white, and the four next the body grey : on the 
fore-part of the wing, just within the bend, is a 
spur half an inch in length, a little bent, and 
black: tail yellowish white, tipped Avith black, 
deepest on the two middle feathers ; legs black.” 
This species is a native of Egypt, frequenting 
the marshy places during the month of September^ 
CRESTED PLOVER. 
(Charadrius cristatus.) 
Ch. corpore stipru castaneo, collo ahdomineque imoalbiSf collo an-^ 
ticepectore capite supra remigibus caudaque apice nigris, alulis 
spinosis. 
Plover with the body above chesnut ; the neck and abdomen 
white 5 the front of the neck, breast, head above, quills, and 
tip of the tail, black ; the wings with a spine. 
Charadrius spinosus, $, Lhm. Spst. Nat. 1. 256. 12. — Lath. 
Ind. Orn. 2. 748. 24. 
Pluvialis Persica cristata. Briss. Orn. 5. 84. 14. 
Pluvier arme du Senegal. Buff. PI. Enl. SOI. 
Pluverhuppe de Perse. Buff. Ois. 8. 98. 
Black-breasted Indian Plover. Edw. pi. 4tJ. male. 
Spur-winged Plover. Edvi. pi. 280. female. — Lath. Gen. Syn, 
5. 214. A. 
Allied to the last : it is eleven inches and a 
half in length : its beak rather more than an inch, 
and black : top of the head shining black : cheeks, 
sides of the neck, and occiput, white ; the latter 
