PLOVER. 349 



42 —CAYENNE PLOVER. 



Cliaradrius Cayanus, hid. Orn. ii. 449. 

 Pluvier arme de Cayenne, Buf. viii. 102. PI. enl. 833. 

 Le Mbatuitui arme, Voy. d'Azara, iv. No. 391. 

 Spur-winged Plover, Gen. Syn. v. 215. 20. B. 



LENGTH about nine inches. Bill one inch, dusky ; the back 

 part of the head and nape are white, mixed in the middle with 

 grey ; the fore part and sides black, passing to the nape, and occu- 

 pying all the back part of the neck; it then comes forward, sur- 

 rounding it as a collar; the chin pure white ; all the under parts 

 beyond the collar are also white ; the middle of the back and wings 

 are rufous grey ; near the bend of the latter a sharp, bent spur ; 

 scapulars and quills black ; upper tail coverts and base half of the 

 tail white, the rest black, the white occupying a greater portion of 

 each feather, as it is more outward ; the tail is even at the end, and 

 the quills reach to the end of it; the legs are long, and yellowish. 



Inhabits Cayenne. One met with in Paraguay, in November. 



43.— HOODED PLOVER. 



Charadrius pileatus, Ind. Orn. ii. 749. Gm. Lin.'i. 691. 

 Pluvier coiffe du Senegal, Buf. viii. 100. PL enl. 834. 

 Hooded Plover, Gen. Syn. v. 215. 



LENGTH eleven inches. Bill orange, with a black point ; 

 forehead, just over the bill, and the chin, white; on each side of the 

 forehead, before the eye, a small lunated caruncle, fixed at the lower 

 edge ; the rest of the head and neck generally black, but from the 

 eye to the hindhead is a streak of white ; at the nape the feathers 

 elongated into a pointed crest, under which it is white ; the black 

 continues from the throat, in a streak, as far as the breast, where it 

 is somewhat broken ; the upper part of the body, wing coverts, and 



