. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. 168 CHARADRIUS CANTIANUS. KENTISH PLOVER. Diagnosis. Variations. Synonymy. Literature. Charadrius, subgen. JEgialopMli minores, nucTiS, nou coUari nigro sed collari albo ornata : pectore utrinque macula fusc^: primarise tertise rhachide pro majore parte alba. The Kentish Plover might be supposed, from its most inappropriate name, to be confined to the south-east corner of England. On the contrary its range extends eastwards for 250 degrees of latitude. I
. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. 168 CHARADRIUS CANTIANUS. KENTISH PLOVER. Diagnosis. Variations. Synonymy. Literature. Charadrius, subgen. JEgialopMli minores, nucTiS, nou coUari nigro sed collari albo ornata : pectore utrinque macula fusc^: primarise tertise rhachide pro majore parte alba. The Kentish Plover might be supposed, from its most inappropriate name, to be confined to the south-east corner of England. On the contrary its range extends eastwards for 250 degrees of latitude. It is not surprising, therefore, that it may be subdivided into several races or subspecies. Charadrius cantianus, Latham, Index Orn. Suppl. p. Ixvi (1801). Charadrius albifrons, Wolf 6^ Meyer, Vog. Deutschl. i. p. 180 (1805). Charadrius littoralis, Bechstein, Naturg. Deutschl. iv. p. 430 (1809). ^gialitis cantianus {Lath.), Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 558. Hiaticula cantiana {Lath.), Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 263 (1849). , Lichtenstein, Nomencl. Av. p. 94 (1854). iEgialopMlus cantianus {Lath.), Gould, Handb. B. p. 334 (1865). Plates.—Gould, Birds Gt. Brit. iv. pi. 40; Dresser, Birds of Europe^ vii. pi. 523. Habits.—Seebolim, British Birds^ iii. p. 25. Eggs.—Seebohm, British Birds, pi. 26. figs. 7, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seebohm, Henry, 1832-1895. London : H. Sotheran
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