21® P L O V E R .
14.
Var. B,
Description,
Charadrius tataricus, Pall. Trav. ii. p. 714. 32. *
g l Z E of a MiJJel Thrujh. Top of the head black, the feathers
edged with white : over the eye a white ftreak, palling
to the hind head, where it is pretty broad: the hind part of the-
n?ck is dark afh-colour ; the fore part the fame, but paler :
lides of the head and chin white, dotted with black: acrofs the
throat a tranfverfe collar of black : the breaft ferruginous, with a
band of black; from thence to the vent white : wings brown j
the edges of fome of the feathers yellowilh : tail feathers much
the fame, with the ends black.
Place, Inhabits the fait lakes o f the Ibuthern defarts of 'Tartary, with,
the laft defcribed.
31 BLACK- -
CROWNED PL.
Black-crowned Plover, ArCI. Zool. N° 402. ,
Lev. 'Mu/.
D escription, T E N G T H ten inches. Bill an inch long, red, with the end
black: forehead black.: crown the fame, furrounded with a
, circle of white: throat white: neck and breaft very light alh-
coloured brown, divided from the belly by a dulky tranfverfe
ftroke : belly and vent white: back, fcapulars, and wing coverts,
cinereous brown : primaries dulky; towards the bottoms white :
tail white at the bafe; black towards the end; the tip white :
legs very long; naked an inch above the knees ; and of a blood
red : toes very fhort.
Place. Inhabits the province of New York. Has much the habit of
the European Dotterel.
B IG G E R
P L O V E R . £lî
D IG G E R than a Snipe. Bill black: forehead pale reddilh
white : plumage on the upper part of the bird dulky; the
16.
DUSKY PL.
feathers with pale edges: chin and fore part of the neck dulky
white: lower part of the neck, breaft, and under parts, dulky
yellow oker-colour, with a tinge of red: the neck marked with
pale and dulky ftreaks, and tranfverfely mottled on the lides
with narrow lines : quills dulky: legs blueilh : claws black.
Description.
Inhabits New Zealand. Found at Dujky Bay. The name
given it by the natives Hapoho-era. From the colle&ion of Sir
Jofeph Banks.
Place.
T E S S than the Lapwing: length twelve inches and a half.
Bill dulky : irides blueilh black: the plumage above, from the
crown of the head to the rump, black ; the feathers margined with
fulvous yellow : the forehead and throat dulky white : breaft
fulvous, fpotted With black: the reft of the under parts dulky
white, fpotted with black : the wing coverts are black, fpotted
with fulvous ; the lower order brown black, tipped with white :
quills brownilh black; the lhafts white : tail the fame colour,
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FULVOUS PL.
Description.
crofted with whitilh bands : legs blue : claws black, and blunt.
Inhabits the Ihores and marlhy places of Otaheite. Communicated
by Dr. Forfter.
Place.
Lev. Mu/.
j^ E N G T H eight inches. Bill one inch, dark brown; the
noftrils pervious: the plumage on the upper parts of the body
brown; each feather margined with a golden yellow: the under
part of the body white, except the breaft, which is of a dulky
E e a pale
l 7' Var. A.
Description*