CHARADRIADiE. 



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Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. The forehead 

 is adorned with a white band, passing through the 

 eyes and terminating in a half circle on the nape ; 

 this is accompanied by a black one, which arises at 

 the base of the beak ; and there is also a band of the 

 last colour on the forehead : the throat, the fore part 

 of the neck, and the abdomen, are white : the breast 

 and the belly are isabella-yellow : the upper parts of 

 the plumage are ashy-brown, varied with light ash : 

 the three lateral tail-feathers are grey, edged with 

 white, the rest are ashy-black : the beak and the legs 

 are black ; the tarsi are rather long. 



Ch Azarai. 



Ch. cinereo'fuscus, infra cinereus riifo marginatus; collo rufo; 



striga per oculos et torque pectorall 72igris ; fronte strigd alba, 



nigrd rufoque ornata. 

 Ashy-brown Plover beneath cinereous edged with white ; the neck 



red ; a stripe through the eyes and pectoral band black ; the 



forehead adorned with a white, black, and red stripe. 

 Charadrius Azarai. Temm. PL Cel. 184. 



Inhabits Paraguay. The forehead is adorned 

 with a white bandalet ; accompanied, as in the last 

 species, with another of black, and a third narrow 

 one of fine red : this latter colour tinges the neck to 

 the bend of the wings : a black stripe extends from 

 the angle of the beak to the eyes, and a half collar 

 of black adorns the breast, which is white beneath : 

 the under parts of the plumage are ash-coloured ; 

 each feather being edged with ashy-rufous : the three 

 lateral tail-feathers are white ; the rest are ashy at 

 their base, and dusky ash at the point : the beak is 

 black, and the legs flesh-colour. 



