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The Wry-billed Plover may be always recognized by the remarkable peculiarity of its Specific 

 dill, which curves considerably towards the right. It belongs to the group of JEgialophili 

 majores, the wing from carpal joint varying in length from 5-1 to 4 - 7 inch. Geo»raphi- 



It is an inland species confined to New Zealand. cal distribu- 



tion. 



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Subgeneric group JEgialophili majores. 

 ft New-World Species. 



CHARADRIUS MONTANUS. 



BOCKT-MOUNTAIN PLOVER. 



Charadrius, subgen. JEgialophili majores, pedibus pallidis : loris nigris aut brunneis : Cauda, longa Diagnosis. 

 (58 ad 65 millim.). 



Even the lynx eyes of American ornithologists have not been able to subdivide this species Variations. 

 into geographical races. 



Charadrius montanus, Townshend, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. vii. p. 192 (1837). Synonymy. 



iEgialitis montanus {Townsh.), Baird, Cassin, &; Lawrence, Birds N. Amer. p. 693 (1858). 



Podasocys montanus {Townsh?) , Coues, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 96. 



iEgialitis asiaticus, var. montanus {Townsh.), Coues, Key N. Amer. Birds, p. 245 (1872). 



Eudromias montanus {Townsh.), Coues, Check-list N. Amer. Birds, p. 135 (1873). 



Plates. — Audubon, Birds Am. v. pi. 318. Literature. 



Habits. — Baird, Brewer, & Ridgway, Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. 172. 

 Eggs. — Described by Brewer on p. 175 of tbe above-mentioned volume. 



The Rocky-Mountain Plover is the American representative of C. asiaticus, and s P ecific 



J . ... characters. 



principally differs from the winter plumage of that species in having the rudiments of a 



dark subterminal band across the tail, but it has no trace of either black or white nuchal 



collar. It belongs to the group of ^Hgialophili majores, the wing from carpal joint varying 



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