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Charadrius Gallicus, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 692. sp. 27. 
Le Court-vite, Buff Ois. v. 8. p. 128.—Id. Pl. Enl. 795. 
Court-vite Isabelle, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. v. 2. p. 513. 
Cream-coloured Plover, Lath. Syn. v. 5. p. 217. 25.—Id. Supp. p. 254. t. 116. 
Lewin’s Br. Birds, 1. t. 187.—Mont. Ornith. Dict.—Jd. Supp.— Wale. 
Syn. 2. t. 164. 
The very rare occurrence of this species on the Huropean Occasional 
Continent, made me hesitate about admitting it mto the list mite 
of British Birds; two or three well authenticated instances, 
however, of its capture in England, authorise its admission 
in the character expressed in the margin. In one of these _ 
cases, the bird was killed in Kent, and is in the possession of 
Dr Latuaw, who has given a figure of it in the Supplement 
to his general Synopsis. Another individual of this species 
appears to have been shot in North Wales in 1773, and was 
afterwards in the Collection of Professor Sizruorr. Upon 
the Continent it is equally scarce, and the only instance upon 
record there, is one mentioned by Burron, when it was killed 
in France. 
Africa is the native region of ite species, as well as of 
another discovered by Lu Vatttanr. It is said to be re- 
markably abundant in Abyssinia, inhabiting the dry plains 
that occupy so large a portion of that secluded country. 
Nothing is yet known respecting its particular habits, food, 
or the propagation of the species. 
General plumage buff-orange, or sienna-yellow ; paet upon General 
the belly, and wing-coverts. peers 
Behind the eye a double black band proceeds towards the 
occiput. Quills black. ‘Tail having the lateral feathers 
black towards their tips. Legs long, yellowish-brown. 
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