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CHAEADEITJS. 



* # * Subgeneric group Typical Hiaticulce. 

 f New- World Species. 



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CHARADRIUS VOCIFERUS, 



KILLDEEB PLOVER. 



Diagnosis. Charadrius uropygio et supracaudalibus rufis. 



Variations. This species is not known to vary throughout its wide range. 



Synonymy. 



Literature. 



Charadrius vociferus, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 150 (1758) ; Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 253 (1766). 



Pluvialis virginiana torquata, -\ 



Pluvialis dominicensis torquata, \-Brisson, Orn. v. pp. 68, 70, 75 (1760). 



Pluvialis jamaicensis torquata, J 



Charadrius torquatus, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 255 (1766). 



Charadrius jamaicensis, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 685 (1788). 



iEgialites vociferus (Linn.), Bonap. Comp. List B. Eur. fy N. Amer. p. 45 (1838). 



Hiaticula vocifera (Linn.), Gray, List Birds Brit. Mus. iii. p. 71 (1844). 



Oxyechus vociferus (Linn.), Bonap. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 417 (1856). 



Plates. — Wilson, Am. Orn. pi. 59. fig. 6 ; Audubon, Birds Am. v. pi. 317. 

 Habits. — Baird, Brewer, & Ridgway, Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. 148. 

 Eggs. — Seehohm, British Birds, pi. 26. fig. 4. 



