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A. — Charadrius griseus, collari abdomineque albis, Faun. arag. 78. 



In this the bill is black ; legs rufous; forehead grey; orbits yel- 

 low ; quills brown ; the two middle tail feathers brown, the three 

 next on each side the same, with white tips, the two outer ones white, 

 with a brown spot. 



Found about Epila, in Aragonia, and is probably a young bird 

 of the first season. One brought to me at this period, had the upper 

 parts in general brown ; bill black ; forehead white, then dusky ; 

 behind the eye a white patch ; round the neck a narrow collar of 

 brown, mixed with black ; all the under parts from chin to vent 

 white, encircling the neck as a collar; and above this a collar of 

 brown ; legs yellowish grey. 



B. — Charadrius Hiaticula, Ind. Orn. ii. 744. 8. y. Gen. Syn. v. 203. Var. A. 

 Charadrius Hiaticula, Ringed Plover, Amer. Orn. v. 30. pi. 37. f. 3. Frankl. Narr. 

 App. p. 684. 



Size of the others. Bill black ; forehead, and before to the 

 breast, white, passing round the lower part of the neck in a collar; 

 the rest of the plumage pale dusky ash-colour ; the end half of the 

 tail dusky black, the tip fringed with rufous ; legs pale. 



Inhabits Cayenne. I have also seen this pale Variety from 

 Owhyhee; and received it likewise from Hudson's Bay: it appears to 

 be merely a Variety of the Ringed Plover ; and seems to be as plen- 

 tiful on the American Continent as the darker coloured one. Mr. 

 Wilson will scarcely admit this to be a Variety; says it has a different 

 note, being soft and musical ; that it breeds and forms its nest in the 

 sand, and produces two broods in a season ; and although both this 

 light-coloured one, and the common, arrive together in April, it is 

 only the former which stays to breed, the latter departs elsewhere the 

 end of May, proceeding further to the north for that purpose. 



