CRESTED PLOVER. 



483 



white, and the four next the body grey : on the 

 fore-part of the wing, just within the bend, is a 

 spur half an inch in length, a little bent, and 

 black : tail yellowish white, tipped with black, 

 deepest on the two middle feathers : legs black.'* 

 This species is a native of Egypt, frequenting 

 the marshy places during the month of September. 



CRESTED PLOVER. 



(Charadrius cristatus.) 



Ch. corjpore supra castaneo, collo ahdomineque imoalbis, collo an- 

 tice jpedore capite supra remigihus caudaque apice mgris, alulis 

 spinosis. 



Plover with the body above chesnut ; the neck and abdomen 

 white 5 the front of the neck^ breast, head above, quills^ and 

 tip of the tail, black ; the wings with a spine. 



Charadrius spinosus, ^. Linn. Sijst. Nat. 1, 256. 12. — Lath, 

 Ind, Orn. 2. 748. 24. 



Pluvialis Persica cristata. Briss. Orn, 5. 84. 14. 



Pluvier arme du Senegal. Buff, PL Enl. SOI. 



Pluverhuppe de Perse. Buf, Ois, 8. 98. 



Black-breasted Indian Plover. Edw. pi, 47* niale. 



Spur-winged Plover. Edw, pi. 280. female. — Lath. Gen, Syn, 

 5. 214. A. 



Allied to the last : it is eleven inches and a 

 half in length : its beak rather more than an inch, 

 and black : top of the head shining black : cheeks, 

 sides of the neck, and occiput, white ; the latter 



