CHAEADEIUS. 



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CHARADRIUS VEREDUS. 



ORIENTAL DOTTEREL. 



Charadkius axillaribus fuscis : digito medio quam rostrum breviore. 



Diagnosis. 



It is not known that this species is subject to any local variation. 



Charadrius veredus, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1848, p. 38. 

 iEgialites veredus (Gould), Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 141. 

 Eudromias veredus (Gould), Harting, Ibis, 1870, p. 209. 



Variations. 



Synonymy. 



Plates. — Gould, Birds of Australia, vi. pi. 14; Harting, Ibis, 1870, pi. vi.; David & Oust. Ois. Literature. 



Chine, pi. 120. 

 Habits. — Prjevalski, Rowley's Orn. Misc. ii. p. 434. 

 Eggs. — Unknown. 



The Oriental Dotterel has grey axillaries like the Common Dotterel, C. morinellus, and Specific 

 the Oriental Golden Plover, C.fuhus, and its American ally. Its white belly distinguishes c arac ers ' 

 it from either of these species in summer plumage, but at all ages and seasons its small 



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