. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. Geographi- cal distribu- tion. 116 CHAEADEIUS. Courser-like foot is the best character: the middle toe without the claw is shorter than, the hill, and less than half the length of the tarsus. The Oriental Dotterel breeds in Mongolia, and winters from Java to Australia. I have an example from Samarcand. It is nearest allied to the Common Dotterel, with which it agrees in the important character of having no white on the outer web of the innermost Tail of C
. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. Geographi- cal distribu- tion. 116 CHAEADEIUS. Courser-like foot is the best character: the middle toe without the claw is shorter than, the hill, and less than half the length of the tarsus. The Oriental Dotterel breeds in Mongolia, and winters from Java to Australia. I have an example from Samarcand. It is nearest allied to the Common Dotterel, with which it agrees in the important character of having no white on the outer web of the innermost Tail of Charadrius hiaticula. Subgenus HIATICULA. Diagnosis of Charadrii axillaribus albis : halluce nullo : abdomine albo : cauda fascia obscura prope apicetn subgenus. ornata. Subgeneric The characteristic feature of the Ringed Plovers is the dark subterminal hand across the c arac ers. tailfeathers, a character which separates them from the Sand-Plovers, the Typical Plovers, and the Pour-toed Dotterels. In order to separate them from the four Three-toed Dotterels, which have a more or less developed black subtern^inal band across the tail, it is necessary. 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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