PLOVER. 343 



35.— INDIAN PLOVER. 



Charadrius Indicus, Tnd. Orn. ii. 750. 



Pluvialis minima Indica, Bris. Orn. 8vo. ii. 234. 



Indian Plover, Gen. Syn. Sup. 254. Pen. Hindoost. ii. 159. 



SIZE of a Lark ; length six inches. Bill blackish ; plumage 

 above brown ; beneath dusky white; on the upper part of the breast 

 two transverse brown bands ; the prime quills are brown, the second 

 dusky ; tail white at the base, the rest brown ; wings and tail even ; 

 legs dusky black. — Inhabits India. 



36 — TICKSEE PLOVER. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill rather stout, dusky, and a little 

 swelling over the nostrils ; head, sides even with the under jaw, and 

 all the upper parts of the body, wings, and tail, pale cinereous brown; 

 chin, neck before, and all beneath to the vent, also the rump and 

 upper tail coverts, ferruginous ; legs dusky black. 



Inhabits India; called Ticksee. — Sir J. Anstruther. 



37.— WREATHED PLOVER. 



Charadrius coronatus, Ind. Orn. ii. 749. Gm. Lin. i. 691. 



Pluvier couronne du Cap de Bonne Esperance, Buf. viii. 101. PI. enl. 800. 



Wreathed Plover, Gen. Syn. v. 216. 



LENGTH twelve inches. Bill reddish, dusky towards the point ; 

 the head, even with the eye, and chin, black ; round the crown runs 

 a list of white, encircling the head like a wreath ; neck behind, and 

 the upper parts of the body brown, with a purplish green gloss in 

 some lights ; the same is seen on the breast, marked with a few 

 black spots; the neck, as far as the breast, grey; belly and greater 

 coverts white ; tail white, with a broad bar of black near the end ; 

 quills black ; legs rust-colour. — Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 



