. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. 138 CHARADRIUS NIGRIFRONS, BLACK-FRONTED FLOVER. Diagnosis. Charadrius scapularibus rufis. Variations. No geographical races of this species are known. Synonymy. Charadrius melanops, Vieillot, N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxvii. p. 139 (1818). Charadrius nigrifronSj Cuvier,fide Temm. PI. Col. no. 47. fig. 1 (1823). iEgialitis nigrifrons {Temm.), Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 978. Charadrius russatus, Jerdon, Madras Journ. 1840, p. 213. Hiaticula nigrifrons (Temm,), Gray
. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. 138 CHARADRIUS NIGRIFRONS, BLACK-FRONTED FLOVER. Diagnosis. Charadrius scapularibus rufis. Variations. No geographical races of this species are known. Synonymy. Charadrius melanops, Vieillot, N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxvii. p. 139 (1818). Charadrius nigrifronSj Cuvier,fide Temm. PI. Col. no. 47. fig. 1 (1823). iEgialitis nigrifrons {Temm.), Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 978. Charadrius russatus, Jerdon, Madras Journ. 1840, p. 213. Hiaticula nigrifrons (Temm,), Gray, List Birds Brit. Mus. iii. p. 71 (1844). Literature. Plates.—Temminck, PI. Col. no. 47 ; Gould, Syn. Birds Austr. pi. 32. fig. 1; Gould, Birds Austr. vi. pi. 20. Habits.—Gould, Handb. Birds of Australia, ii. p. 232. Eggs.—Harting, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, pi. Ix. fig. 9. Specific The Black-fronted Plover may be recognized by its chestnut-red scapulars. In young characters. - ^^ piujnage the chestnut is paler, and is distributed over the vfing-coverts as well as the 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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