Order GRAILS.] [Fait. CHARADRIID.E. 



CHAEADEIUS FULVUS. 



(EASTERN GOLDEN PLOVER.) 



Fulvous Plover, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 211 (1785). 



Charadrius fulvus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 687 (1788, ex Lath.). 



Charadrius pluvialis, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 187 (1822). 



Charadrius xanthocheilus, Wagl. Syst. Av. Charadrius, sp. 36 (1827, ex Lath.). 



Charadrius taitensis, Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 321 (1828). 



Charadrius virginianus, Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn. ii. pi. lxxxv. (c. 1830). 



Charadrius glaucopis, Forster, Descr. Anim. p. 176 (1814). 



Charadrius virginicus, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 262 (1849, nee Borkh.). 



"Pluvialis longipes, Temm.," Bonap. C. B. xliii. p. 417 (1856). 



Pluvialis xanthocheilus, id. torn. cit. p. 417 (1856). 



Pluvialis taitensis, id. torn. cit. p. 417 (1856). 



Pluvialis fulvus, id. torn. cit. p. 417 (1856). 



Charadrius auratus, Schrenk, Reis. Amurl. Vog. p. 410 (1860). 



Ad. Idem, supra, brunneus, plumis ochrascenti-fulvo ubique marginatis : collo postico cinerascente : tectricibus 

 alarum cinerascenti-bruimeis, albido et pallide ochraceo niaculatis, majoribus magis conspicue albo ter- 

 rninatis : remigibus brunneis, versus apicem nigricantibus, secundariis elongatis extiis ocbrasceni-fulvo 

 niaculatis, remigibus miuoribus anguste albo terminatis : rectricibus cinerascenti-brunncis, albo termi- 

 natis, exterioribus saturate brunneo variis : loris albicantibus : facie laterali et supercilio indistiucto 

 ochrascenti-albis, brunneo notatis, regione parotica saturatiiis brunnea : subtus albescens, pectore supe- 

 riore et laterali furnoso, oclirascenti-fulvo lavato : subalaribus et axillaribus pallide fumosis : rostro nigro : 

 pedibus plumbeis : bide fusca. 



Ad. (estiv. pectore nigro distinguendus : supercilio lato cum collo et pectore lateralibus albis, bis nigro notatis. 



Adult in winter. Crown of the bead, bind part of neck, and all tbe upper surface brownish black, each 

 feather marked on both webs with rounded spots of pale golden yebow ; on the nape these yellow 

 markings are confluent, aud on the scapulars they are paler, these feathers having likewise a terminal 

 margin of yellowish white ; lower part of forehead, sides of face, aud throat fulvous white ; ear-coverts 

 dark brown ; fore neck tawny white, largely mottled aud spotted with brown ; the rest of the underparts 

 fulvous white, clouded with brown ; lining of wings and axillary plumes pale smoky grey ; quills blackish 

 brown, with white shafts ; the long inner secondaries with a series of triangular yellow spots along the 

 outer edge of both webs; wing-coverts greyish brown, margined with yellowish white; tail-feathers 

 blackish brown, toothed on both webs, and terminally margined with yellowish white. Irides and bill 

 black ; legs and feet plumbeous. Length 10 inches ; wing, from flexure, 6*75 ; tail 2 - 5 ; bill, along the 

 ridge - 9, along the edge of lower mandible 1 ; bare tibia 1 ; tarsus 1*6 ; middle toe and claw L25. 



