PLOVER. 341 



30— RED-NECKED PLOVER. 



Charadrius rubricollis, Ind. Orn. ii. 748. Gm. Lin. i. 687. 

 Red-necked Plover, Gen. Syn. v. 212. 19. Penn. Outlines, iv. 128. 



SIZE of the Purre. Bill flesh-coloured, with the end black; 

 irides orange ; the head and neck black ; on each side of the neck a 

 large, square, chestnut spot, about the size of a silver penny, almost 

 meeting together behind ; upper parts of the body ash, mixed with 

 white about the bastard wing ; breast and under parts white ; quills 

 and tail dusky ; legs flesh-colour. 



Found in Adventure Bay, Van Diemen's Land. 



I observe one, answering to this description, among the drawings 

 of Mr. Dent, but the spot on the sides of the neck, just below the 

 nape, is white, instead of chestnut ; the side tail feathers with a bar 

 of black near the end. This may possibly differ from the other in 

 sex, if at all allied, which, however, is by no means certain, the 

 drawing not being accompanied with any account. 



31. —GREAT-BILLED PLOVER. 



Charadrius magnirostris, Ind. Orn. Sup. p. lxvi. 

 Great-billed Plover, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 319. 8. 



SIZE of the Golden Plover. Bill black, stout, and very broad, 

 like some of the Tody Genus ; plumage in general above blue grey, 

 streaked with black ; beneath pale ash, but marked in the same 

 manner; forehead, part of the crown, and ears, minutely spotted; 

 quills black ; base of several of the primaries white ; legs dull blue. 



Inhabits New South Wales. Native name Woal-woo-a. 



