PLOVER. 347 



Le Pluvier a aigrette, Buf. viii. 99. 



Spur-winged Plover, Gen. Syn. v. 213. Russ. Alep. 72. pi. 11. 



SIZE of the Golden Plover; length twelve inches. Bill black; 

 i rides red ; crown of the head and throat black, passing a little way 

 down the neck before; the hindhead somewhat crested; neck behind, 

 upper parts of the body, and scapulars, greyish brown; sides of the 

 head and beneath, yellowish white; across the belly a crescent of 

 black, the convex part uppermost ; lesser wing coverts black, the 

 middle like the back, the greater yellowish white; but some of the 

 outer, and the nine first prime quills are black ; the ten adjoining- 

 half white half black ; the two next yellowish white, and the four 

 nearest the body grey ; on the fore part of the wing, just within the 

 bend, a spur, half an inch in length, a little bent, and black ; tail 

 yellowish white, the end for one inch and a half, or more, black, 

 deepest on the two middle feathers ; wings and tail even ; legs black. 



Inhabits the marshy places of Lower Egypt, in September. It 

 has gained the name of Dominican, from the neck being black, with 

 white sides, not unaptly resembling the same part of the habit of 

 that order of friars.* In some India drawings the hindhead has a 

 crest standing out from the nape more than one inch. 



The female has a shorter crest, and less black in the wings. 



A.— Charadrius spinosus, Ind. Orn. ii. 748. 24. /3. Lin.'i. 256. 12. B. 



Plurialis Persica cristata, Bris. v. 84. Id. 8vo. ii. 232. 



Gavia, seu Vanellus Indicus, Klein, Av. 22. 10. 



Pluvier arme du Senegal, PI. enl. 801. 



Pluvier huppe de Perse, Buf. viii. 98. 



Black-breasted Indian Plover, Edio. pi. 47.— male. 



Spur-winged Plover, Edw. pi. 280.— 'female. Gen. Syn. v. 214. A, 



Length eleven inches and a half; weight four ounces. The bill 

 black ; top of the head glossy black, a little crested behind ; cheeks, 



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