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BLACK-ZONED PLOVER. 
hind by the transverse white line already mentioned ; 
this black band joins the narrow one across the 
nostrils by a black line before the eye ; the hind 
head, the eavs, and nape, is drab-brown. The chin 
and throat are white, and this colour is continued 
round the neck, so as to form a narrow collar ; this 
is followed by another of black, which is narrow be- 
hind and broad upon the breast. Quills blackish, 
the shaft of the first only being white. Tail nearly 
even, the lateral feathers broadly tipt with white ; 
behind this white is a black patch which fades into 
brown and ultimately into white ; the external fea- 
ther is white, with a black spot on the inner web 
only, placed nearly in the middle. Bill black ; legs 
pale cinereous. 
Total length, 6 \ inches; bill, from the front, 
wings, 4f, as long as the tail; tail, 4£ ; tarsus, 1. 
