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CHAEADKIUS. 



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Sahgeneric group Hiaticidce minores. 

 f Old- World Species. 



CHARADRIUS MINOR. 



LITTLE RINGED PLOVER. 



Diagnosis. Charadrius, subgen. Hiaticula minores, rectricibus lateralibus quam rectrices mediae vix brevi- 

 oribus (haud 7 millim.) : scapularibus dorso concoloribus. 



Variations. The Little Ringed Plovers breeding in the tropics are regarded as subspecifically distinct 

 on account of their smaller size. 



Synonymy. Charadrius dubius, Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. p. 96 (1786, ex Sonnerat). 



Charadrius erythropus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 684 (1788, ex Sonnerat). 

 Charadrius curonicus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 692 (1788, ex Beseke). 

 Charadrius philippinus, Latham, Index Orn. ii. p. 745 (1790, ex Sonnerat). 

 Charadrius minor, Wolf fy Meyer, Vdg. Deutschl. i. p. 182 (1805). 

 Charadrius fluviatilis, Bechstein, Naturg. Deutschl. iv. p. 422 (1809). 

 Charadrius pusillus, Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 187 (1822). 

 iEgialitis minor (Wolf $ Meyer), Bote, Ms, 1822, p. 558. 

 Charadrius minutus, Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. ii. p. 144 (1826). 

 Charadrius hiaticuloides, Franklin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1831, p. 125. 

 Charadrius intermedius, Menetries, Cat. Rais. Cauc. p. 53 (1832). 



