SQUATAROLA CINCTA, nobis. 

 Dotterel Squaterole. 



PLATE CX. 



S. capite summo, dorso, alis caudaque supra cinereo-brunneis, plumis dorsi et alarum 

 apicibus castaneis, fascia frontali strigaque supra oculos alba ; jugulo griseo, pec- 

 tore rufo fascia subpectorali nigro circumdata ; ventre crissoque albis, remigibus 

 nigrescentibus ; rectricibus duobis exterioribus albis. 



Vanellus cinctus, Less. 



Charadrius rubecola, Fig. Zool. Journ. vol. iv. p. QQ. 



The drawing for our Plate of this very interesting species was taken from 

 the specimens described by Mr Vigors in the Zoological Journal, as quoted 

 above. They were sent from the Straits of Magellan by Captain P. P. 

 King, and now form part of the collection of the Zoological Society of 

 London. Had the species not already been named, we should have called 

 it Charadrioides, from its entire similarity in form to the true Dotterels, 

 and even resembling closely one species of this country in its tints, serving 

 as a beautiful link at one end to connect this genus with Charadrius, and 

 which is again assimilated at the opposite extremity by means of the Cha- 

 radrius pluvialis and Squatarola cinerea, — the Golden and Grey Plovers cf 

 this country. The following is nearly a correct description of the speci- 

 mens. 



The length about eight inches. The bill is black, except the base of 

 the under mandible, which is yellow ; cheeks and throat grey, in some ha- 

 ving the chin whitish : head and upper parts of the body hair-brown, in 

 some approaching to broccoli-brown, deepest on the crown of the head, 

 and in a certain state of plumage having the feathers bordered with red- 

 dish-brown : a white band runs across the forehead, and terminates in a 



