aio PLOVER. 



, . : Charadrius tataricus, Pall. Trav. ii. p. 714. 32. * 



Var.' B. 

 Description. GIZE of a Miffel Thrufh. Top of the head black, the fea- 

 thers edged with white : over the eye a white ftreak, pafllng 

 to the hind head, where it is pretty broad: the hind part of the 

 neck is dark afh-colour ; the fore part the fame, but paler : 

 fides of the head and chin white, dotted with black : acrofs the 

 throat a tranfverfe collar of black : the breaft ferruginous, with a 

 band of black ; from thence to the vent white : wings brown ; 

 the edges of fome of the feathers yellowifh : tail feathers much 

 the fame, with the ends black. 

 Pla#e. Inhabits the fait lakes of the fouthern defarts of I'artary, with 



the lafl defcribed. 



, ? . Black-crowned Plover, Ar£l. Zool. N° 402. 



BLACK- Lev. Muf. 



CROWNED PL. 



.Description. T ENGTH ten inches. Bill an inch long, red, with the end 



black : forehead black : crown the fame, furrounded with a 



circle of white : throat white: neck and breaft very light afh- 



coloured brown, divided from the belly by a dufky tranfverfe 



ftroke : belly and vent white : back, fcapulars, and wing coverts, 



cinereous brown : primaries dufky ; towards the bottoms white : 



tail white at the bafe; black towards the end; the tip white: 



legs very long ; naked an inch above the knees ; and of a blood 



red : toes very fhort. 



Place. Inhabits the province of New Tork. Has much the habit of 



the European Dotterel. 



BIGGER 



