Upper brownish-gray; under white; black band on chest; chestnut band on abdomen; forehead white; black line through eye; eyelash scarlet; no hind toe; f., duller. Insects, worms.
85 Oriental Dottrel (Eastern, Asiatic, Mongolian), O. veredus, Mongolia, China to A.
[~83-89 Genus Charadrius.]
Mig. v.r. sandy coasts 9.5
Indistinct mottled plumage; upper brown and buff; throat lighter; abdomen white; slender bill dark-brown; legs long, slender; no hind toe; f., sim. Insects, worms.
4
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86 Red-capped Dottrel, Red-necked Plover, Sandlark, Ægialitis ruficapilla, China to A., T., N.Z.
[~83-89 Genus Charadrius.]
Stat. c. shores 6
Crown, hind-neck rust-red; upper, wings pale-brown; wing-quills blackish-brown; centre tail dark-brown, rest white; under, forehead white; f., duller. Shellfish.
87[*] Black-fronted Dottrel, Æ. melanops, A.
[~83-89 Genus Charadrius.]
Stat. r. rivers, pools, lakes 6