Ordek GKALLE.] [Fam. CHARADHIID.E. 



THINORNIS XOYM ZEALANDIJL 



(NEW-ZEALAND SAND-PLOVER.) 



New-Zealand Plover, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 1, p 206, pi. lxxxiii. (1785). 



Charadrius novce seelandice, Gm. Syst. Av. i. p. G84 (1788, ex Lath.). 



Charadrius nova} zealandice, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 745 (1790). 



Charadrius dudoroa, Wagler, Syst. Av. Charadrius, sp. 14 (1827). 



Hiaticula novce seelandice, Gray, in Dieff. Trav. ii., App. p. 195 (1843). 



Thinomis nova? seelandice, Gray, Voy. Ereb. and Terror, Birds, p. 12, pi. 11 (1844). 



Thinornis rossii, id. oj>. cit. p. 12, pi. 11a (1844). 



Charadrius torguatvla, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 108 (1844). 



Thinornis nova? zelandiw, Bnller, Essay Orn. N. Z. p. 17 (1865). 



Thinornis nova? zealandice, Finsch, J. f. O. 1870, p. 341. 



Native name. — Tuturuatu. 



Ad. supra grisescenti-cinereus : fronte, facie laterali et in collo undique postice ducta torquem collarem fomiante, 

 et gutture toto nigris : linea alba ab oculo ducta pileum circumeunte : tectricibus alarum dorso conco- 

 loribus, majoribus albo terminatis : remigibus brunneis, primariis basin versus albis, minoribus albo 

 terminatis, secundariis exterioribus late albo marginatis, intimis dorso concoloribus : Cauda purpuras- 

 centi-brunnea, rectricibus exterioribus albo terminatis et basin versus gradatim albis, penna extima 

 omnino alba, : corpore reliquo subtus et subalaribus albis : rostro aurantiaco versus apicem nigro : 

 pedibus aurantiacis : iride nigra. 



Juv. {Th. 7-ossii) saturatius brunneus : facie laterali et gutture brunnescentibus, vis nigricantibus : hypochon- 

 driis brunneo notatis. 



Adult. Forehead, sides of the head, throat, fore part of neck, and a broad nuchal collar brownish black ; 

 crown and hind part of the head brownish grey, being separated from the darker plumage by an ill- 

 defined streak of white, which passes immediately over the eyes and widens on the forehead ; back, 

 shoulders, sides of the breast, and upper surface of wings brownish grey ; the whole of the underparts 

 pure white ; primaries dark brown, with a streak of white along the shaft near the apical extremity ; 

 tail-feathers dark brown, the lateral ones tipped with white, which increases outwardly, the outermost 

 feather on each side being pure white, and the adjoining one with merely a central spot of brown on its 

 inner web. Irides black ; bill orange for rather more than half its length, then black to the tip ; 

 tarsi and toes orange; claws black. Length 7'5 inches ; wing, from flexure, 4'75 ; tail 2"75 ; bill, along 

 the ridge 1, along the edge of lower mandible "9 ; bare tibia o ; tarsus '9; middle toe and claw '75. 



Young {Th. rossii). Differs from the adult in having the whole of the upper sulfate darker, and the white 

 streak on the forehead and sides of the head less conspicuous ; the whole of the fore neck and upper part 

 of the breast is dark brown ; and this colour is continued on the sides of the body and flanks. 



