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CHAEADEIUS. 



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Subgeneric group JEgialophili minores. 

 f Ethiopian Species. 



CHARADRIUS PECUARIUS. 



KITTLITZ'S PLOVEB. 



Diagnosis. Charadrius, subgen. jEgialophili minores, pedibus nigris : primarise tertise rhachi omnino fusco 

 primariarum tectricorum et secundariarum longitudine aequali. 



Variations. There are no variations due to season, and scarcely any due to sex in this species. Those 

 due to age are hereinafter described. In spite of its wide range and sedentary habits, no 

 local variations are known. 



Synonymy. Charadrius varius, Vieillot, N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxvii. p. 143 (1818, nee Brisson, Linneus, 



Nitzsch, fyc). 



Charadrius pecuarius, Temminck, PL Col. no. 183 (1823). 



Charadrius pastor, Cuvier,fide Lesson, Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 319 (1828). 



Hiaticula pecuaria (Temm.), Riippell, Syst. Ueb. Vog. N.O.-Afr. p. 118 (1845). 



vEgialitis pecuarius kittlitzii, Reichenbach, Handb. Spec. Orn. pi. cv. fig. 1063 (1851). 



Charadrius isabellinus, Midler, Naumannia, 1851, p. 29. 



iEgialites longipes, Heuglin, Syst. Ueb. Vog. N.O.-Afr. p. 56 (1856). 



Leucopolius pecuarius {Temm.), -\ 



T t i -..i-. • /-n • z i \ <■ Bonap. Compt. Rend. xlm. p. 417 (1856). 



Leucopolius kittlitzi (Reicnenb.), J r * r \ 



iEgialites pecuarius (Temm.), Hartlaub, Orn. Westafr. p. 215 (1857). 



Charadrius kittlitzi (Reich.), Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 297 (1867). 





