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WREATHED PLUVIAN. 



( Pluvianus coronatus . ) 



Fl»Juscus capite superiore nigra, occipitis antiulo, ahdominej 

 Jascid alarum, cauddque albis, remigibus Jascidque rectricum ad 

 apicem nigris. 



Brown Pluvian, with the upper part of the head black ; ring on 

 the occiput, abdomen, fascia on the wings and tail, white ; 

 the quills and band towards the tip of the tail black. 



Charadrius coronatus. Gmel. Syst. Nat, 1. 691. — Lath. Ind. 

 Orn. 2. 74:9' 27. 



Pluvier couronne du Cap de Bonne Esperance. Btiff', Ois, 8. 



lOl.—Buf, PL Enl. 800. 

 Wreathed Plover. Lath. Gen. Si/n. 5, 2l6. 22. 



This is a singular species : it inhabits the Cape 

 of Good Hope : its length is twelve inches : its 

 beak is reddish, dusky towards the tip : the head 

 even with the eye, and chin, are black : round the 

 crown runs a list of white, encircling the head like 

 a wreath : the hind part of the neck and upper 

 parts of the body are brown, with a gloss of greenish 

 purple in some lights : the quills are black : the 

 wing-coverts white : the neck, as far as the breast, 

 is grey : the breast is glossed with purple, similar 

 to the back, and varied with a few black spots : 

 the belly is white : the tail the same, with a broad 

 band of black near the end : legs ferruginous. 



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