SARCIOPHORUS PECTORALIS.
Black-breasted Pewit.
Charadrius pectorale p S n Mus Par 8
t0m’ " * ■ P Ency. Méth. On,.
i § p B k ' r H^fanD.en.enVj^lsouthAustrulia andNe* South-Wales but over whs,
IB— S H WBm MM H| te n d e d , U not yet been ascertained. I have never
I— W H W t h e weste™ I H B shores. Its favourite localities are open sterile
H ■ B B '1 -'elation; but it is occasionally to be met with on the
grassy- flats ■ f e ^gjlboorhoo* of-r.vers It is Smch more tame in its disposition than the Wattled Pewit
^n d permits a pear approach before,.takmg alarm; henee3 thcre was* but little d i f f i c u l t y T o b S
■ n I,' lrr 1' after the manner of the true Pewits, andwhef BW i fM H Wm ll" f | r“ < - i ? ? . r ,n e a r WBM SHI 8een J mo1mt
I S f f - 7 , hU ^ T 00“ ^ apWmg'’ during flight those sudden turns and dips so frequently FvS11 Sfl | ‘M i pairs, or at most in c o m p J s o f C !
^ f l ^ r i i T e e d e r ‘ $ ” ^ th.°p Naranb*®?fr&n which fem a y infer that it'is a
K i - d ^ o s i t e d ^ ^ b a r e g A without any nest; they are
H M f f l B 1 f l H I B and a? eighth broad; ground
| B | i B B m" J | ■ B B g as nearly to B H f l f l particularly at ■ B B E H i the
two | | g g mv&oll,, t,on I anr indebted tojfre kindness of Mr. Kermode of Van Diemen’s Land on whose
estate they were taken.
Th-e sexes « « 8® ^ has the mtich smaller than in the maief I
Crown of the head, hne running from the angle of the mouth beneath the eye, and down the sides o f the
neck, and a broad cprelcent-shaped band*across the breast je t -b la c if J f i^ S S , the S o near the occiput
[chin,-throat, flanks, abdomen, upper and u n ^ d < a v e r t s white; back light brown ; primaries brownish
black; wmg-coverts bronzy brown, passing into black towards'the tip of each feather, and tipped with white •
a fe? o f the outer s e ^ n d a r i e s ^ l^ .n t^ n e d m ^ t r em i t ie s ofttheiSuter webs with black, then a few
t e n l^ ly and the last two marked like the coverts, but Iargely'margined with white; scapularies and
lower part of th^back- bronzy hrow n f rump dark olive with bronzy reflexions; tail white, crossed near die
tip by a broad ir r e g q l^ h a n ^ f black ; tip o f tb e -u ^ j- mpndible horn-colour; the reminder o f the bin
beautifu^primrose-yellow j.naked parts of the thigh and knees-dgrk pink; tarsi and toes h w y .h brown,
the latter md iipng> pink-red | in ^ e J i o w , smxapn.ded by a ™ of deep primrose extending in an oblique
direction to’ the fleshy protuberance S j j e base of the‘ uppermaldihle*which is blood-red in the male, much
lighter or flesh-red in f i l l female.
I The figures represent both sexes p$- the natural size.