RUDDY PLOVER. 
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ley appearance, belly and vent pure white; wing quills black, 
crossed with a band of white; lesser coverts whitish, centred 
with pale olive, the first two or three rows black; two middle 
tail feathers black; the rest pale cinereous, edged with white; 
legs and feet black; toes bordered with a very narrow membrane. 
On dissection, both males and females varied in their colours 
and markings. 
