18 ASIATIC PLOVER. RED-BREASTED DOTTEREL. 



ASIATIC PLOVER. 



Cliaradrius asiaticus, Linna3iis. 



Charadrius caspias, Pallas. 



" jugnlaris, Wagler. 



Guignard asiatique. Of the Fbench. 



Specific Characters. — Grey brown above; shaft of the primaries 

 white, with a small brown space on the middle of that of the 

 fifth. Length eight inches. 



One specimen is recorded as having been killed in 

 the neighbourhood of Odessa, by Professor Nordmann, 

 in April, 1836. Inhabits principally the deserts of 

 Tartary, the borders of the Caspian Sea, and the Cape 

 of Good Hope. 



RED-BREASTED DOTTEREL. 



Charadrius pyrrJiothorax , Temminclc. 



Charadritis ruficollis, CuviEK. 



" asiaticus, Hoksfield; Nect. Auct. 



^gialites pyrrJiothorax, Keyserling et Blasius. 

 Pluvier a Collier roux, or 



Pulvier a plastron, Of the French. 



Kragen-Regenpfeifer, Of the Germams. 



Specific Characters. — Above a grey brown, with the forehead 

 maroon, more or less dark; on the crop a broad belt of red; 

 the last tail feather but one grey on the outside, white on the 

 inner web, and terminated by a large brown spot. Length 

 seven inches. 



