342 PLOVER. 



32.— BROWN PLOVER. 



Charadrius fuscus, Ind. Om. Sup. p. lxvi. 

 Brown Plover, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 320. 10. 



THIS has the habit of the Golden Plover, and is twenty inches 

 in length. Bill black ; irides yellow ; plumage above mottled brown; 

 beneath brownish white, a little mottled ; tail black, dotted with 

 white ; legs lead-colour. — Inhabits New South Wales. 



33 — GRISLED PLOVER. 



Charadrius griseus, Ind. Om. Sup. p. lxvii. 

 Grisled Plover, Gen. Syn. Sup. 320. 11. 



BILL dusky ; irides hazel ; plumage above grey brown; beneath 

 white; crown spotted with black; the wings with white; quills 

 black; tail dusky; legs bluish. 



Found with the last ; also one very similar, but the upper parts 

 marked with numerous round, curved, yellow spots. 



34— BRIDLED PLOVER. 



Charadrius frsenatus, Ind. Om. Sup. p. lxvii. 

 Bridled Plover, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 320. 



LENGTH to end of the tail two feet ; to the end of the toes four 

 inches more. The bill is bluish ; plumage above pale cinereous blue, 

 dashed with small brown streaks; sides of the neck dusky, forming 

 a streak, which begins beneath the eye, and descends on the sides 

 of the neck, to the beginning of the back ; under parts of the body 

 pale, marked with narrow dusky lines on the breast; belly white; 

 quills dusky ; legs yellow. — Found in New South Wales, with the 

 two last described. 



