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Upper, tail dark-brown marked whitish; under mottled buff, brown, white; line over eye, throat whitish; no hind toe; brighter in far north; f., sim. Insects, worms.
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=84 Double-banded Dottrel= (Banded), Pohowera, _Ochthodromus bicinctus_, A., T., Norfolk Is., Lord Howe Is., N.Z.
[~83-89 _Genus Charadrius._]
Mig. c. _sh.o.r.es_, _gra.s.s_ 6.5
Upper brownish-gray; under white; black band on chest; chestnut band on abdomen; forehead white; black line through eye; eyelash scarlet; no hind toe; f., duller. Insects, worms.
=85 Oriental Dottrel= (Eastern, Asiatic, Mongolian), _O.
veredus_, Mongolia, China to A.
[~83-89 _Genus Charadrius._]
Mig. v.r. _sandy coasts_ 9.5
Indistinct mottled plumage; upper brown and buff; throat lighter; abdomen white; slender bill dark-brown; legs long, slender; no hind toe; f., sim. Insects, worms.
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=86 Red-capped Dottrel=, Red-necked Plover, Sandlark, _aegialitis ruficapilla_, China to A., T., N.Z.
[~83-89 _Genus Charadrius._]
Stat. c. _sh.o.r.es_ 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. Sh.e.l.lfish.
=87* Black-fronted Dottrel=, _ae. 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.
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=88 Hooded Dottrel=, _ae. cucullata_, A., T.
[~83-89 _Genus Charadrius._]
Stat. c. _sh.o.r.e_ 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.
1 1
=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. Sh.e.l.lfish, insects.
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=93 Australian Curlew=, Sea-Curlew, _Numenius cyanopus_, E.
Sib., j.a.pan to A. =vt. Eur. Common Curlew.
Mig. c. _tidal sh.o.r.es_ m., 21; f., 24
Arched bill 7in.; mottled brown; f., larger. Crabs, worms.
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=94 Oriental Whimbrel= (Australian), Jack-Curlew, Mayfowl, _N.
variegatus_, E. Sib., j.a.pan to A., T. =vt. Eur. Whimbrel.
Mig. r. _river_, _swamp_ 15
