CHARADRIUS VEREDUS, Gould. 
Brown Plover. 
Charadrius veredus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., February 22, 1848. 
A SPECIMEN of this species was procured at Port Essington by Mr. Gilbert, and a second has been sent to 
me from Sydney by Mr. Strange ; these, and one other example, are all that have come under my observation ; 
we may consequently infer that it is a very rare bird in Australia. Judging from its structure and the 
character of its plumage, it would seem to be nearly allied to the restricted genus Eudromias or Dottrells : 
I have however placed it in the genus Charadrius, until a knowledge of its habits, whether or not it 
undergoes any periodical changes of plumage, and if the specimens from which I have taken my figures be 
perfectly adult, have been ascertained. 
Crown of the head and all the upper surface brown, each feather narrowly fringed with buff ; primaries 
blackish brown, the shaft of the first white ; tail brown, narrowly edged with white, the brown colour gra- 
dually fading as the feathers recede from the centre ; face, a broad stripe over the eye and the chin huffy 
white ; sides and back of the neck and the breast huffy brown ; abdomen and under surface white ; irides 
very dark brown ; legs and feet brownish flesh-colour ; bill dark brown. 
The figures are of the natural size. 
