Order OH A RA DRIIFORM ES. 
No. 60 
Family CHARADRI1DM. 
CHARADRIUS HIATICULA. 
RINGED PLOVER. 
(Plate 35.) 
Charadrius Linne, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., p. 150, Jan. 1st, 1758. Type (by tautonymy) : 
Charadrius Maticula Linne ( cf. Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. III., pt. n., p. 123, May 
2nd, 1913). 
Charadrius hiaticula Linne, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., p. 150, Jan. 1st, 1758 : Sweden, Europe (ex 
Fauna Svec., No. 159, 1746). 
Charadrius hiaticula Linnd, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., p. 150, Jan. 1st, 1758 (also spelt hiaticola) ; 
Hartert, Vogel der Palaarkt., Fauna, Vol. VI., p. 1530, Aug. 1920. 
Charadrius torquatus Forster, Synopt. Cat. Brit. Birds, p. 26, Dec. 1817 : British Islands. 
Mgialitis septentrionalis C. L. Brehm, Handb. Naturg. Vog. Deutschl., p. 548, (pref. July) 1831 : 
“ From Iceland to Kiel, along the sea coasts and shores of the inland waters,” Europe. 
Hiaticula annulata Gray, List. Gen. Birds, p. 65, April 1st, 1840, new name for hiaticula. 
Hiaticula arabs Heuglin, Omith. Nordost-AJrika, Vol. II., pt. 1, p. 1026, 1873, after April 1st, 
as synonym of Charadrius hiaticula Linne, ex Lichtenstein, Nomencl. Av. Mus. Berlin, 
p. 94, 1854, nude name. 
Agialites hiaticuloides Heuglin, ib., as synonym of Charadrius hiaticula Linne, ea:., id., Syst. 
Ubers. Vog. Nordost-Afrika, p. 56, 1856. 
Mgialites auritus Heuglin, ib., ib., ib. 
Mgialites hiaticula Dresser, Birds of Europe, Vol. VII., p. 497, pi. 525, 1876 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 
Brit. Mus., Vol. XXIV., p. 256, 1896. 
Charadrius hiaticula major Seebohm, Hist. Brit. Birds, Vol. III., p. 20, 1885 : British Islands. 
Charadrius hiaticula vulgaris Hartert, Vogel der Palaarkt., Fauna, Vol. II., p. 1532, Aug. 1920, 
as synonym of Charadrius hiaticula Linne, ex A. E. Brehm, Verz. Samml., p. 11, 1866, 
nude name. 
Charadrius hiaticula arenarius Hartert, ib., ib., ib. 
Charadrius hiaticula latifasciatus Hartert, ib., ib., ib. 
Mgialitis hiaticula tundrae Lowe, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club., Vol. XXXVI., p. 7, Dec. 3rd, 1915 : 
Yen-e-say, East Siberia. 
Charadrius flavirostris Mathews, Austral. Av. Rec., Vol. V., Nos. 2 and 3, p. 44, Feb. 21st, 1923. 
Substitute name for Charadrius hiaticula Linne, ea; Pontoppidan’s Danske Atlas, p. 625, 
1763, nude name. 
Distribution. Europe, Africa, Asia and south to New Guinea (Australia ?). 
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