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WREATHED PLUVIAN. 
(Pluvianus coronatus.) 
Vl, Jiisciis capite superiore nigro^ occipitis annulo, abdomine, 
fascia alarum, cauddque albis, remigibus fascidque rectricum ad 
apicem nigris. 
Brown Pluvian, with the upper part of the head black j ring on 
the occiput, abdomen, fascia on the wings and tail, white ; 
the quills and band towards the tip of the tail black. 
Charadrius coronatus. Gniel. Syst. Nat. 1. 691. — Lath. hid. 
Orn. 2. 749. 27. 
Pluvier couronne du Cap de Bonne Esperance. Buff. Ois, 8. 
\ 0 \.—Buff. PI. Enl. 800 . 
Wreathed Plover. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5 . 21 6. 22. 
This is a singular species : it inhabits the Cape 
of Good Hope : its length is twelve inches : its 
beak is reddish, dusky towards the tip : the head 
even with the eye, and chin, are black : round the 
crown runs a list of white, encircling the head like 
a wreath : the hind part of the neck and upper 
parts of the body are brown, with a gloss of greenish 
purple in some lights : the quills are black : the 
wing-coverts white : the neck, as far as the breast, 
is grey : the breast is glossed with puiqile, similar 
to the back, and varied with a few black spots : 
the belly is white : the tail the same, with a broad 
band of black near the end : legs ferruginous. 
