350 CHAEADEIID^. 



This pretty little Plover is said to have been obtained in Honduras by Leyland, 

 part of whose collection passed into the Derby Museum at Liverpool. In the Catalogue 

 of Charadriidse in that Museum, by Dr. H. O. Forbes and Mr, Herbert Robinson, we 

 are informed that Leyland's localities are not always to be trusted, as occasionally 

 specimens from other countries were mixed up with the collections he brought from 

 Honduras. No examples of H. cayanus from the latter place are in the Liverpool 

 Museum, but, since Mr. Moore gave the " Aloor River " as the place where Leyland 

 obtained the species, we do not feel justified in rejecting the evidence entirely, though 

 the bird has not been met with by any subsequent collector. 



E. cayanus appears to have the habits of a Sand-Plover and to be found on the 

 inland rivers throughout the wide area it inhabits in South America. 



Subfam. CHABABBiniM. 



The true Plovers and Lapwings diflfer from the members of the foregoing subfamily 

 in having the tarsus reticulated both before and behind, or covered with small hexagonal 

 scales. The range of these birds is world-wide, and the majority of Plovers are included 

 in the Charadriinae, a great number being resident within the tropics. On the other 

 hand, some species, like the Grey and the Golden Plovers, nest in the extreme north of 

 both hemispheres, and migrate in winter to the most southern lands. 



SQUATAROLA. 



Squatarola, Leach, Syst. Cat. Mamm. & Birds Brit. Mas. p. 29 (1816) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. xxiv. p. 182 (1896). 



The Grey Plover, the sole representative of the genus Squatarola, is closely allied to 

 the Golden Plovers {Charadrius), and in the young plumage is actually spangled with 

 golden-yellow like the latter. It is to be recognized, however, by the presence of the 

 hind toe. The members of both genera assume a beautiful and distinct breeding- 

 plumage in the summer, when the underparts become black. 



1. Squatarola helvetica. 



The Grey Plover, Albin, Nat. Hist. Birds, i. p. 72, t. 76 '. 



Le Vanneau de Suisse, Bri.ss. Om. v. p. 106, t. 10. fig. 1 '. 



Tringa helvetica, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 250 '. 



Squatarola helvetica, Brehm, Vog. DeutscM. p. 554 ' ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 178 ' ; Salv. Ibis, 1865, 



p. 190'; 1866, p. 196'; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 210'; Mem. Bost. Soc. X.H. ii! 



p. 307 ' ; BuU. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 46 " ; Sumiehr. La Nat. v. p. 232 " ; Baird, Brew., 



& Ridgw. Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. 132 " ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxtI. p. 182 ^\ 

 Charadrius squatarola, Naum. Vog. Deutschl. vii. p. 250 " ; Herrera, La Nat. (2) i. pp. 188 ", 330 " ; 



A. O. U. Check-Ust N. Amer. Birds, 2nd ed. p. 99 "; Elliot, N. Amer. Shore-Birds.'p les' 



t. 53". 



