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GHALLATOEES. 



Family CHARADRIID^. f Bonaparte. J 



Genus Vanelltjs. fBrisson.J 



Generic Characte7-s. — Same as those of Charadrius, with, the 

 exception that in Vanellus there is a small hinder toe. 



SOCIAL PLOVER. 



Va?iellus grcgarius. 



Vcmellus greffarius, 



" /ceptusckka, 

 CJi ara dri us gregarius:, 



" wagleri, 

 Trlvga fasciata, 



" keptuschka, 

 Chettusia gregaria, 

 Pluvianus cinereus, 

 Vanneau pluvier social, 

 Geselliger Regenpfeiferkiehielz, 



ViEILLOT; Diet. 



Temminck. 



Pallas. 



Gray. 



Gmelin. 



Latham. 



BOiVAPAETE. 



Bltth. 



Of the Fkench. 



Of the Germans. 



Specific Characters. — Upper plumage greyish brown; superciliaiy 

 ridge, occiput, sides of head, throat, under tail coverts, and most 

 lateral tail feathers, pure white; no crest, or spurs on the wings. 

 Length twelve inches; carpus to tip seven inches and a half; 

 tarsus two incites; middle toe one inch and a quarter; naked 

 part of thigh one inch ; beak one inch and a quarter. 



