CAYENNE PLOVER. 



485 



€haradrius Cayanus. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 749. 25. 

 Le Pluvier arme de Cayenne. Buff. Ois. 8. 102. — Buff. PL 

 Enl. 833. 



Spur- winged Plover. Lath» Gen. Syn. 5. 215. 20. b. 



Like the two preceding species, the bend of the 

 wing in this is armed with a sharp blunt spur : the 

 total length of the bird is about nine inches : beak 

 one inch, and dusky : the hind part of the head 

 and nape are white, varied with grey : the fore- 

 part and sides black, passing back to the nape, 

 and occupying all the hind part of the neck 3 it 

 then comes forward on the fore-part, above the 

 breast, forming a collar: between this and the 

 chin is white: the middle of the back and the 

 wings are rufous grey: the scapulars and quills 

 are black : the under parts of the body, from the 

 breast, are white : the basal half of the tail is 

 white, the rest black: legs yellowish. Native of 

 Cayenne. 



