142. Aegialitis asiatica.
THE CASPIAN SAND-PLOVER.
Male 7 1/2". Legs horn. Bill black.— In winter: Crown, nape, and above hair brown. Broad rufous breast-band. Axillaries white. Shaft of first primary and subterminal portion of second white. Shaft of third primary dark throughout. In summer: Above pale brown. No breast-band, but patch dusky grey on each side of breast. Breeds on Caspian and Aral Seas and in C Asia. Winters in Africa. Found in Persian Gulf and occasionally in India. (B. 1444. S.F. vii. 438.)
BookTitle:
Game, Shore And Water Birds Of India
Reference:
Le Messurier, Augustus. Game, Shore, and Water Birds of India Fourth Edition, 1904.
Title in Book:
142. Aegialitis asiatica
CatNo:
142
Year:
1904
Page No:
156
Common name:
Caspian Sand Plover
M_ID:
4114
M_CN:
Caspian Plover
M_SN:
Charadrius asiaticus
Volume:
4th ed.
Term name:
id:
12883
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