334 PLOVER. 



spotted with black and white ; beneath the eyes a dotted black 

 stripe, passing- over the ears ; the three outer quills black. 

 Inhabits Courland. 



22.— GREGARIOUS PLOVER. 



Charadrius gregarius, hid. Orn. ii. 745. Gm. Lin. i. 684. Pall, reise, i. 45G. 9. 

 Gregarious Plover, Gen. Syn. v. 206. 



SIZE of the Lapwing. Bill as in that bird ; crown of the head 

 brown, mottled with white ; forehead white, continuing in a streak 

 over the eye to the hindhead ; through the eyes a black streak ; body 

 ash, somewhat the colour of a turtle ; chin whitish ; on the lower 

 part of the breast a large black crescent; behind it dirty rufous; 

 the vent white; prime quills black ; secondaries white ; tail even at 

 the end, white, crossed with a black band, not conspicuous in the 

 side feathers ; legs furnished with an imperfect back toe. 



Inhabits the fields about the Rivers Volga, Jaick, and Samara, 

 in flocks, and is pretty plentiful ; but not seen farther north than 

 54 degrees. Is called by some the Hen of the Steppes : has somewhat 

 the manners of the Lapwing. 



23.— DOTTEREL PLOVER. 



Charadrius Morinellus, hid. Orn. u. p. 746. Lin.'i. 254. Faun. suec. No. 188. Gm. 



Lin. i. 686. Brun. No. 185. Midler, No.211. Bris. v. 54. t. 4. f. 2. 7rf.8vo.ii. 



225. Raii, 111. A. 4. Will. 230. t. 55. 57. Klein, 21. 5. Id. Stem. in. t. 3. f. 



3. a. b. Borowsk.m.llO. Fn.Helv. Gerin. i v. t. 475. female. Tem.Man.327. 



Id. Ed. ii. 538. 

 Charadrius Sibiricus, Ind. Orn. ii. 747. Gm. Lin. i. 690. Lepech. It. ii. t. 6. 

 Petit Pluvier, ou Guignard, Buf. viii. 87. PI. enl. 832. Robert. Ic. pi. 5. 

 Posser resser, Naturf. xiii. 217. 

 Der Mornel, Bechst. Deuts. iii. 211. 

 Siberian Plover, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 318. 



