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CURONIAN PLOVER. 



(Charadrius Curonicus.) 



Ch. cervicis Jascid lunulaque Jrontis nigris, pileo cinereo, Jascia 

 oculari nigricante undulaia, dorso alis caudaque cinereis, pedibus 

 Tuhescentibus, 



Plover with the top of the neck, and a fascia and lunule on the 

 forehead, black j the pileus grey 3 an undulated dusky fascia 

 near the eyej the back, wings, and tail, grey 5 the feet 

 reddish. 



Charadrius Curonicus. Gmel. Syst. Nat, 1. 692. — Lath. Ind. 

 Orn, 2. 750. 31. 



Le petit Pluvier a collier. Buff. Ois. S.pl. 6.— Buff, PI, Enl, 921 . 



Temm. Man. d'Orni, 330. 

 Curonian Plover. Lath, Syn, Sup, II. 318. 6. 



This species is in length six inches : its beak is 

 entirely black : the circle round the eyes is of a 

 lemon-yellow : the forehead, space between the 

 eyes and beak, a broad coronal band passing over 

 the eyes and in a straight line beneath, and a narrow 

 gorget on the breast, whose extremities join on 

 the nape, are deep black : a stripe through the 

 forehead, the throat, a collar on the neck, and the 

 whole of the under parts, white : the occiput and 

 whole of the upper parts of the body are dusky 

 grey : the two outer tail-feathers are white, with a 

 black bar on their inner web ; the following is part 

 white, and the rest, the two middle ones excepted, 

 are tipped with white ; the outer quill alone has 

 the shaft white : legs ilesh-colour. 



