143. Aegialitis vereda.
THE EASTERN DOTTEREL.
Male 8 1/4" to 9 1/2". Legs yellowish. Bill black.— In winter: Crown and neck brown, more or less huffy below. Under-tail white. Shafts of first and second primaries white, of the third dark throughout. Axillaries dark grey.— In summer : Crown and above white. Forehead, eyelids, and chin white. Collar buff. Broad rufous breast-band. Breeds in N, China and Mongolia, and winters in Malay Peninsula and Australia. (B. 1445. S.F. i. 83.)
(ii.) A white ring round the neck.
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:
143. Aegialitis vereda
CatNo:
143
Year:
1904
Page No:
156
Common name:
Eastern Dotterel
M_ID:
4115
M_CN:
Oriental Plover
M_SN:
Charadrius veredus
Volume:
4th ed.
Term name:
id:
12884
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