. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. 146 CHAEADEITJS. /â. CHARADRIUS GEOFFROYL GREATER SAKD-PLOVEB. Diagnosis. Charadriits, subgen. Mgialophili majores, maxillse arcu longiore (circa 13 millim.) : rostro recto; pedibus nigris, parvis (digit, med. cum ungue circa 22 miUim.). Synonymy. Literature. Specific characters. Variations. It is not known that this species is subject to any geographical variations. Charadrius geofEroyi, Wagler, Syst. Av. p. 61 (1827). Charadriua leschenaulti, Lesson, Man. d'Orn. ii
. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. 146 CHAEADEITJS. /â. CHARADRIUS GEOFFROYL GREATER SAKD-PLOVEB. Diagnosis. Charadriits, subgen. Mgialophili majores, maxillse arcu longiore (circa 13 millim.) : rostro recto; pedibus nigris, parvis (digit, med. cum ungue circa 22 miUim.). Synonymy. Literature. Specific characters. Variations. It is not known that this species is subject to any geographical variations. Charadrius geofEroyi, Wagler, Syst. Av. p. 61 (1827). Charadriua leschenaulti, Lesson, Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 322 (1828). Charadrius columbinuSj Hemprich u. Ehrenberg, fide Wagler, Isis, 1829, p. 650. Charadrius griseus, Lesson, TVaite d'Orn. p. 554 (1881). Charadrius rufinus, Blyth, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. xii. p. 169 (1843). Hiaticula geofifroyi {TVagl.), Ruppell, Vog. p. 118 (1845). Hiaticula columbina {Wagl.), Lichtenstein, Nom. Av. p. 94 (1854). Cirrepidesmus geoffroyi {Wagl.), Bonap. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 417 (1856). ^gialites geoffroyi (Wagl.), Heuglin, Syst. Uebers. Vog. p. 56 (1856). ^gialites leschenaulti {Less.), Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863, p. 309. Eudromias geoffroyi {Wagl), Meyer, Journ. Cm. 1873, p. 405. Eudromias crassirostris, Severtzow, Turkest. Jevotnie, p. 146 (1873). Plates.âHarting, Ibis, 1870, pi. xi.; Dresser, Birds o£ Europe, vii. pi. 521. Habits.âLegge, Birds of Ceylon, p. 939. Eggs.âHereinafter mentioned. The Greater Sand-Plover is one of the larger allies of the Kentish Plover [C. cantianm), which belongs to the group of jEgialopUU majores. Its long straight thick hill, varying in. 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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