338 PLOVER. 



24— MONGOLIAN PLOVER. 



Charadrius Mongolus, Ind. Orn. ii. 746. Gm. Lin. i. 685. Pall, reise, iii. 700. 29. 

 Mongolian Plover, Gen. Syn. v. 207. 



SIZE of the Dotterel. Forehead white; crown black ; from the 

 the bill a streak of black, which grows wider, and encircles the 

 throat, which is white ; neck ferruginous ; breast the same, but 

 paler; belly white; back cinereous brown. 



Inhabits the salt lakes on the confines of the Mongolian Country, 

 in tolerable plenty, but is a solitary species : allied to the last. 



25— ASIATIC PLOVER. 



Charadrius Asiaticus, Ind. Orn. ii. 746. Gm. Lin.i. 684. Pall, reise, ii. 715. 32. 



Tern. Man. Ed. ii. p. 53. Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 187. 

 Asiatic Plover, Gen, Syn. v. 207. 



A LITTLE larger than the Ringed Plover. Bill the same ; 

 crown of the head and upper parts of the bird brown ; forehead, 

 sides of the head, a streak over the eyes, and chin, white ; from thence 

 to the middle of the neck ferruginous, bounded by a transverse band 

 of brown ; the rest of the under parts white ; tail brown, the feathers 

 edged with whitish, and tipped with black; legs red. 



Inhabits the salt lakes of the southern Deserts of Tartary, and is 

 a rare, and solitary species. M. Temminck thinks this may belong 

 to the Dotterel, as a further Variety ; found also in Java. 



26,— NEW-ZEALAND PLOVER.— Pl. cliv. 



Charadrius novas Zealandiae, Ind. Orn. ii. 745. Gm. Lin. i. 684. 

 New Zealand Plover, Gen. Syn. v. 206. 10. pl. 83. 



THIS is a trifle bigger than the Ringed Plover ; length eight 

 inches. Bill one inch, red, with a black tip ; irides blue grey ; 



