Order GEARADRIIF0RME8 
No. 216. 
Family QLAREOLIDM. 
PELTOHYAS AUSTRALIS WHITLOCKI. 
WESTERN DOTTEREL. 
(Plate 172.)* 
Charadeitts australis WHITLOCKI Mathews, Nov. ZooL, Vol. XVIII., p. 218, 1912 ; 
West Australia. 
Evd/romias australis Keartland, Trans. Roy. Soc. South Austr., Vol. XXII., p. 186, 1898. 
Pelthoyas australis Carter, Emu, Vol. III., p. 176, 1904 ; Campbell, ih., Vol. IX., p. 165, 
1910 ; Whitlock, ib., Vol. IX., p. 189, pi. ix., 1910. 
CMradrius australis whithcki Mathews, Nov. ZooL, Vol. XVIII., p. 218, 1912. 
Peltohyas australis wJiitlochi Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 75, 1913. 
Distribution. West Australia. 
Adult male. General colour of the upper-surface rufous and dark brown, the feathers 
being dark brown broadly margined with rufous, the dark pattern becoming paler 
on the lower-back, rump, and upper tail-coverts ; outer edge of wing rufous ; 
bastard-wing and primary-coverts dark brown tipped with rufous ; prhnary- 
quills black on the outer webs and at the tips, shaft of first or outer primary 
white, remainder reddish-brown, inner-webs ri^ous, some of the inner primaries 
rufous on the outer- webs ; secondaries brown with rufous margins ; tail dark brown, 
the feathers edged with sandy-rufous and white ; hinder-crown and nape like the 
back ; a broad black band across the top of the head which is continued in a 
narrow line backward over the eye on to the sides of the neck, where it joins a narrow 
collar on the hind-neck which is extended on the fore-neck and ends in a point on 
the middle of the breast ; a black patch from below the eye to the sides of the 
throat ; ear-coverts buff streaked with black ; a spot behind the eye, chin, and 
throat fawn-colour, somewhat darker on the lower-throat ; sides of breast apd 
sides of body rich fawn-colour ; the feathers adjoining the black mark on the fore- 
neck much paler as also a spot below the ear-coverts ; middle of abdomen and 
flanks deep chestnut ; vent, thighs, and under tail-coverts white tinged with buff ; 
under wing-coverts and axillaries fawn-colour, rather paler than the sides of the 
body ; bill black, paler at base ; iris dark brown ; tarsi and feet drab-colour. 
Total length 221 mm. ; culmen 17, wing 142, tail 65, tarsus 34. 
Adult female. Similar to the adult male. 
Immature. Differs from the adult in having aU the characters much more faintly 
indicated, except on the crown of the head where the black band of the adult 
is entirely absent. 
Nest. A depression in the soil. 
Eggs. Clutch, three ; ground-colour brown, with black markings. 
Breeding-season. July (Garter) ; August (Whitlock). 
*The Plate is lettered Gharadrim australis. 
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