332 PLOVER. 



thighs, and vent white ; the sides of the back, and shoulders hoary ; 

 quills white, crossed with a band of black in the middle, the end 

 also black; tail even, hoary, with a black band near the end, the 

 tip white; legs blue, the claws black. — Inhabits Egypt: thought by 

 some to be related to the Ringed Species. 



18.— LUZONIAN PLOVER. 



Charadrius Philippinus, Ind. Orn. ii. 745. 



Petit Pluvier a Collier de l'lsle de Lugon, Sonn. Voy. 84. t. 46. 



Alexandrine Plover, Gen. Syn. v. 205. 9. Var. C. 



SIZE of the Alexandrine Plover. Bill black; irides yellow; 

 on the forehead a spot of white ; from thence, beyond the eye, and 

 side, black ; this last bounded by a brown line, passing from behind 

 one eye to the other, across the head ; the hindhead and nape, back, 

 and wings, umber-brown ; tail black, tipped with white; the throat, 

 fore part of the neck, and belly, white, continued on each side below 

 the nape, so as nearly to surround the neck ; below this a collar of 

 black, passing quite round the neck; legs blackish. 



This is found in the marshy places of the Isle of Lnconia, espe- 

 cially such as are enriched by the dung of cattle that feed there, 

 which, by fertilizing the spot, perhaps may contribute to increase the 

 produce of insects, which are its food. 



19— NEW-HOLLAND RINGED PLOVER. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill red, with a blackish point; irides 

 dark ; eyelids red ; forehead, crown, and nape, black ; over the eye 

 a streak of white ; from the base of the bill, through the eye, and 

 below it, a broad streak of black, passing to the neck behind ; and 

 from thence coming forwards on the breast, forming a crescent; chin 

 and throat within this white, also below the same, continuing to the 

 vent ; the back and wings are pale, marbled brown ; outer edge of 



