BLACK-HEADED PLUVIAN^ 
(Pluvianus melanocephalus. ) 
Pl. C(zrul€o-griseus, capite collo postico dorsoque nigris, superciliis 
collo antice pectoreque pallide rujis. 
Blue-grey Pluvian j with the head, hind-part of the neck, and 
back, black ; the eyebrows, fore-part of the neck, and the 
breast, pale rufous. 
Charadrius melanocephalus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. Q^.—Lath. 
Ind. Orn, 2. 7^0. 2 Q. 
Le Pluvian du Senegal. Buff. Ois. 8. lOf. — Buff. PL Enl. 9I8. 
Black-headed Plover. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5 . 21 J. 24. 
Locality unknown : length seven inches : the 
beak is black ; one inch long : the upper part and 
sides of the head black : the forehead yellowish, 
this colour passing over each eye in a broad streak, 
like an eyebrow : the hind part of the neck and 
back are black : the quills black, varied with white 
on their outer webs : the wings, rump, and tail, 
are greyish ash ; the feathers of the latter, except 
the two middle ones, marked with black near their 
tips, which are white : the under parts of the 
body, from the chin, pale rufous, the breast deepest, 
and mottled with dusky : the abdomen and vent 
nearly white : legs greyish ash : claws black. 
