CH ARAD RIUS V ER EDU S, Gould.
Brown Plover.

Charadrius veredus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., February 22, 1848.

 

A specimMEN of this species was procured at Port Essington by Mr. Gilbert, and a second has been sent to
me from Sydney by Mr. Strange ; these, and one other example, are all that have come under my observation ;
we may consequently infer that it is a very rare bird in Australia. Judging from its structure and the
character of its plumage, it would seem to be nearly allied to the restricted genus Eudromias or Dottrells :
I have however placed it in the genus Charadrius, until a knowledge of its habits, whether or not. it
undergoes any periodical changes of plumage, and if the specimens from which I have taken my figures be
perfectly adult, have been ascertained,

Crown of the head and all the upper surface brown, each feather narrowly fringed with buff; primaries
blackish brown, the shaft of the first white; tail brown, narrowly edged with white, the brown colour gra-
dually fading as the feathers recede from the centre : face, a broad stripe over the eye and the chin buffy
white ; sides and back of the neck and the breast buffy brown; abdomen and under surface white ; irides
very dark brown; legs and feet brownish flesh-colour ; bill dark brown.

The figures are of the natural size.