PLOVER. 



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Description. 



Le Pluvian, Buf. Oif. viii. p. 104. — PL Enl. 918. 24. 



BLACK-HE AD- 

 EN GTH feven inches. Bill black; one inch long: the upper ED PL. 

 part of the head, taking in the eyes, is black : the forehead 

 yellowifh, palling over each eye in a broad ftreak : the hind part 

 of the neck and back are black : the wings, rump, and tail, 

 greyilh afh-colour: the quills black, mottled with white on the 

 outer part of the wing : all the tail feathers except the two mid- 

 dle ones marked with black near the ends ; the very tips white : 

 the under parts, from the chin, pale rufous, deepeft on the breaft, 

 where it is mottled with tranfverfe dufky markings ; and towards 

 the vent nearly white: legs cinereous grey: claws black. 

 Native place not mentioned. 



Le Courvite, Buf. Oif. viii. p. 128. — PI. Enl. 795. 25. 



CREAM-CO- 

 T EN GTH ten inches. Bill three quarters of an inch; flender, LOURED PL. 



bent at the tip, not unlike that of the Pratincole; plumage Description. 



in general cream-colour, paleft beneath : behind the eyes a patch 



of black ; through them a pale ftreak, palling to the hind head, 



and dividing the black : quills black: tail the fame as the upper 



parts, marked with black near the tip : legs yellowifh white. 



The above was killed in France : it was obferved to run with Place. 



great fwiftnefs. 



Le Courvite de la Coromandel. PL Enl. 892. „ 2 ^- 



y COROMANDEL 



PL. 



SIZE of the other. Top of the head, and fore parts as far as ^ 

 r » r Description. 



the breaft, reddifh chefnut : chin whitifti : behind the eye a 

 Vol. III. F f white 



