. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . % mm H J . Jith . CHARADRIUS OBSCURUS. NEW ZEALAND DOTTEREL. Hanhart imp- CHAKADBIUS. 151 CHARADRIUS OBSCURUS. NEW-ZEALAND DOTTEREL. (Plate VI.) Charadbius, subgen. ASgialophili majores, pedibus majoribus (dig. med. cum ung. circa 30 millim.) : Diagnosisnee reetricibus nee scapularibus transversim striatis. No local races of this species are known. Charadrius obscurus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 686 (1788). Charadrius glareola, Lichtenstein, Forsters Descr. Mar.
. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . % mm H J . Jith . CHARADRIUS OBSCURUS. NEW ZEALAND DOTTEREL. Hanhart imp- CHAKADBIUS. 151 CHARADRIUS OBSCURUS. NEW-ZEALAND DOTTEREL. (Plate VI.) Charadbius, subgen. ASgialophili majores, pedibus majoribus (dig. med. cum ung. circa 30 millim.) : Diagnosisnee reetricibus nee scapularibus transversim striatis. No local races of this species are known. Charadrius obscurus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 686 (1788). Charadrius glareola, Lichtenstein, Forsters Descr. Mar. Austr. p. 109 (1844). Pluviorhynchus obscurus (Gmel.), Bonap. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 417 (1856). Variations. Synonymy. Plates.—Gray, Zool. Voy. Erebus & Terror, pi. —Buller, Birds of New Zealand, p. —Potts, Trans. New Zealand Institute, ii. p. 68. Literature. The New-Zealand Dotterel is apparently an overgrown Sand-Plover, and may be Specificdiagnosed from all its congeners (except those which have barred tails) by its great feet, cnaracters-the middle toe and claw measuring \\ in
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