Black; abdomen, rump, base tail above, below white; eyes, bill, legs red; bill 3.75in.; f., sim. Sand-hoppers, shellfish, worms. =78 Black Oyster-catcher= (Sooty), Redbill, Toreo-pango, _H. fuliginosus_, A., T., N.Z. Stat. c. _shores_ 18 Sooty-black; bill, feet, eye red; f., sim. Shellfish, worms. 1 1 =79 Red-kneed Dottrel=, Sandpiper (e), _Erythrogonys cinctus_, A. Mig. r. _muddy river banks_ 7.5 Head, upper-neck, chest, black; throat, sides of neck, abdomen, under base tail white; back olive-brown; middle tail feathers olive, rest white; thigh, knee pink-red; f., sim. Insects. 2 4 =80 Spurwing Plover= (Wattled), Alarm-Bird, _Lobivanellus lobatus_, A., T. [~80 _Lobibyx novae hollandiae._] Stat. c. _plains_, _swamps_ 14 "One of most beautiful of plovers;" crown black; face, hind-neck, rump, under white; upper brown; tail white tipped black; wattle on face lemon-yellow; spur on shoulder; f., sim. Insects. 1 1 =81* Black-breasted Plover= (Stubble, Flock, Plain), _Zonifer tricolor_, A., T. Stat. v.c. _plains_ 10.5 Upper brown; crown, line on face down to broad band on chest, wing-quills black; line through eye, throat, abdomen white; tail white barred black; spot at base of upper-bill blood-red; f., spot lighter-red. Insects. 1 1 =82 Gray Plover= (Black-bellied), Gray Sandpiper (e), Maycock, _Squatarola helvetica_, cos. 82 [~_Squatarola squatarola._] Mig. r. _muddy shores_, _rivers_ 12 Crown, upper, wings, olive-brown mottled white; wing-quills blackish-brown; rump white; tail white barred light olive; face, under white, breast tinged buff; bill, feet blackish; small hind toe; brighter in far North; f., sim. Insects, worms. [Page 44] [Illustration: [83] [84] [85] [86] [87]] 1 2 =83 Lesser Golden Plover= (Pacific, American, Australian, Eastern), _Charadrius dominicus_, almost cos. [~83-89 _Genus Charadrius._] Mig. flocks, r. _plains near sea_, _rivers_ 9 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. 4 8 =84 Double-banded Dottrel= (Banded), Pohowera, _Ochthodromus bicinctus_, A., T., Norfolk Is., Lord Howe Is., N.Z. [~83-89 _Genus Charadrius._] Mig. c. _shores_, _grass_ 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