Part 23

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=86 Red-capped Dottrel=, Red-necked Plover, Sandlark, Ægialitis ruficapilla, China to A., T., N.Z. [~83-89 Genus Charadrius.]

Stat. c. shores 6

Crown, hind-neck rust-red; upper, wings pale-brown; wing-quills blackish-brown; centre tail dark-brown, rest white; under, forehead white; f., duller. Shellfish.

=87* Black-fronted Dottrel=, Æ. melanops, A. [~83-89 Genus Charadrius.]

Stat. r. rivers, pools, lakes 6

Forehead, broad band on chest black; throat, abdomen, stripe over eye, round hind-neck white; eyelash bright-red; "active, elegant bird;" f., sim. Insects, worms.

=88 Hooded Dottrel=, Æ. cucullata, A., T. [~83-89 Genus Charadrius.]

Stat. c. shore 8.3

Head, throat, upper-back black; hind-neck, under white; lower-back light brownish-gray; middle tail feathers black, rest tipped white; scarlet ring round eye; f., crown mottled black, white. Sand-hoppers, worms.

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=89 Australian Dottrel=, Peltohyas australis, A. =vt. Eur. Common Dottrel. [~83-89 Genus Charadrius.]

Mig. v.r. plains (interior) 8

Upper sandy-buff mottled with dark-brown; black band across top of head from eye to eye; black collar on hind-neck continued as a narrow V across chest; forehead, throat white; m., duller. Insects.

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=90 White-headed Stilt= (Pied), Longshanks, Stilt-bird, Long-legged Plover, Himantopus leucocephalus, Great Sunda Is., Mol., N.G., A. =vt. Eur. Stilt. [~90 Hypsibates]

Nom. r. swamps, lakes 15

White; hind-neck, back, wings black; long legs pink; f., smaller. Insects, pond-snails.

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=91 Banded Stilt=, Rottnest Snipe (e), Cladorhynchus leucocephalus, A.

Nom. v.r. shallow lakes 13.5

White; broad chestnut band on breast; wings, centre of abdomen black; long bill black. Plaintive whistle.

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=92 Red-necked Avocet=, Cobbler, Cobbler's Awl, Painted Lady, Scooper, Recurvirostra novae-hollandiae, A., T., N.Z. =vt. cos. bird.

Nom. r. lakes, tidal bays 15.5

White; head, neck chestnut; wings black; f., sim. Shellfish, insects.

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=93 Australian Curlew=, Sea-Curlew, Numenius cyanopus, E. Sib., Japan to A. =vt. Eur. Common Curlew.