CAYENNE PLOVER. 
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Charadrius Cayanus. Lath. Ind, Orn. 2. 749. 25. 
Le Pluvier arme de Cayenne. Buff. Ois. 8. 102. — Buff. PI. 
Enl. 833. 
Spur- winged Plover. Laih. Gen. Syn.. 5. 215. 20. b. 
Like the two preceding species, the bend of the 
wing in this is armed with a sharp blunt spur : the 
total length of the bird is about nine inches : beak 
one inch, and dusky : the hind part of the head 
and nape are white, varied with grey : the fore- 
part and sides black, passing back to the nape, 
and occupying all the hind part of the neck ; it 
then comes forward on the fore-part, above the 
breast, forming a collar: between this and the 
chin is white : the middle of the back and the 
wings are rufous grey: the scapulars and quills 
are black : the under parts of the body, from the 
breast, are white : the basal half of the tail is 
white, the rest black : legs yellowish. Native of 
Cayenne. 
