480 



b. Capite carunculato, 

 b. Head carunculated. 



HOODED PLOVER. 



(Charadrius pileatus.) 



Ch. crtstalus,Jronte carunculaia, corpore supra rujo-griseo subtus 



albo, vertice gu/d remigibiis caudatpie apice nigris. 

 Crested Plover, with a carunculated frontal wattle ; the body 



above red grey J beneath white j the crown, throat, quills, and 



tip of the tail, black. 

 Charadrius pileatus. Gmel.Sijst. Nat, I.69I. — Lath. Ind. Orn, 



2. 749. 26. 



Pluvier coifle du Senegal. Bz/jf. Ois. 8. \C0.— Buff. PI. Enl. 834. 

 Hooded Plover. Lath. Gen, Syn. 5. 215. 21. 



Native of Senegal : length ten inches and a 

 half: beak yellow, red towards the end, and black 

 at the tip : the forehead covered with a carun- 

 culated yellow membrane, passing round the eyes : 

 the head and part of the neck black : the hind 

 head furnished with a few short pointed feathers, 

 hanging like a small crest, beneath which it is 

 white : the upper parts of the body are rufous 

 grey : all the under parts are white, with a few 

 dusky dashes down the fore-part of the neck : the 

 quills and tip of the tail are black : the tail very 

 short: the legs red. . 



