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BLACK-HEADED PLUVIAN. 

 (Pluvianus melanocephalus. ) 



Pl. ccBruleo-griseuSf capite coUo postico dorsoque fiigrisj superciliis 



collo antice pectorequepallide rufis. 

 Blue-grey Pluvian j with the head, hind-part of the neck, and 



back, black ; the eyebrows, fore-part of the neck, and the 



breast, pale rufous. 

 Charadrius melanocephalus. Gmel, Syst. Nat. 1. 692. — Latk, 



Ind. Orn. 2. 750. 29. 

 Le Pluvian du Senegal. B'iff. Ois. 8. 104.— PI. EnL 91 8. 

 Black-headed Plover. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 21 7. 24. 



Locality unknown : length seven inches : the 

 beak is black ; one inch long : the upper part and 

 sides of the head black : the forehead yellowish, 

 this colour passing over each eye in a broad streak, 

 like an eyebrow : the hind part of the neck and 

 back are black : the quills black, varied with white 

 on their outer webs : the wings, rump, and tail, 

 are greyish ash ; the feathers of the latter, except 

 the two middle ones, marked with black near their 

 tips, which are white : the under parts of the 

 body, from the chin, pale rufous, the breast deepest, 

 and mottled with dusky : the abdomen and vent 

 nearly white : legs greyish ash : claws black. 



