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CHAKADEIUS. 



Outer tail-feather of C. tricollaris. 



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Outer tail-feather of C forbesi. 



CHARADRIUS FORBESI. 



FORBES' 8 THREE-BANDED B LOVER. 



Diagnosis. Charadrius, subgen. Hiaticula minores, rectricum lateralium pogoniis internis fasciis tribus nigris 

 ornatis. 



Variations. It is not known that this species is subject to any variation, but it is not improbable that 

 it may hereafter be found to intergrade with C. tricollaris. 



Synonymy. 



Literature. 



Specific 

 characters. 



iEgialitis forbesi, Shelley, Ibis, 1883, p. 560. 

 iEgialitis nigris, Harting, Zoologist, 1883, p. 418. 

 iEgialitis indicus [Lath.) 1 , apud auctores mulios. 



Plates. — Shelley, Ibis, 1883, pi. xiv. 

 Habits. — Undescribed. 

 Eggs. — Unknown. 



Forbes's Three-banded Plover is the only species in the genus which combines the two 

 characters of inner web of outer tail-feathers crossed by three dark bars and outer web of 

 innermost primaries uniform brown. It is not only without the white on these feathers 

 which is characteristic of the typical Hiaticula, but has also no white on the forehead. 



1 Charadrius indicus of Latham (Ind. Orn. ii. p. 750) is founded on the Pluvialis minima indica of 

 Brisson (Ornithologia, ii. p. 234, 1763 edition), described from a bird said to have come from the East Indies. 

 It was probably an example of Charadrius tricollaris from East Africa, but as the colour of the forehead is 

 not mentioned it is impossible to say. 



