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CAYENNE PLOVER. 



slightly crested : the upper part of the neck, back, 

 scapulars, rump, and upper tail-coverts, are ches- 

 nut-brown : wing-coverts similar to the back ; but 

 those farthest from the body, and the secondaries, 

 are chesnut-brown, tipped with white : the greater 

 quills are black : the throat and fore-parts of the 

 neck, the lower part of the belly, and the vent, 

 black : the breast and upper parts of the belly and 

 of the vent white : the tail white for two-thirds of 

 its length, the rest black : legs deep brown. 



The supposed female differs principally in having 

 the whole of the neck white, the black on the 

 throat only reaching for an inch down : breast 

 and upper part of the belly dull black : the 

 outer tail-feather tipped with white. Inhabits 

 Russia, and the borders of the river Coic, near 

 Aleppo. 



CAYENNE PLOVER. 



{Charadrius Cayanus.) 



Ch. capite collo postice fascidque pectoris nigris, Jascia occipUis 

 annulari collo antice ahdomine basique caudce albis, alulis 

 spinosis. 



Plover with the head, hind part of the neck, and band on the 

 breast^ black ; with a fascia on the occiput, ring on the neck, 

 abdomen, and base of the tail, white 3 wings armed with a 

 spine. 



