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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mb1848" data-source="post: 3239728" data-attributes="member: 31036"><p>"there is a fair number of later names that apply to this species and have type localities that are not in the Pacific Islands (see for example Hartert 1920), and it seems also somewhat surprising that there was no attempt to check whether one of these might apply."  said Laurent. There was a concept of two kinds of Pacific Golden Plover all the way back to Latham & Gmelin.  <a href="http://www.zoonomen.net/cit/RI/SP/Char/char00019a.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.zoonomen.net/cit/RI/SP/Char/char00019a.jpg</a> . Solander collected and wrote about a golden plover from Java.  Most likely a siberian breeding bird.  <a href="https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v110n01/p0136-p0141.pdf" target="_blank">https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v110n01/p0136-p0141.pdf</a> .  Wagler described Charadrius xanthocheilus from a specimen that was in the Leverian Museum. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=16Q-AAAAcAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=16Q-AAAAcAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s</a> . Species 36.  The Leverian Museum had lots of items from Cook's journeys.  Wagler descriptions of Ch. Xanthochcheilus and Ch. fulvus has measurements I am not sure if they include wing lengths. I believe the bird in the Leverian museum was Solander's bird collected in Java.</p></blockquote><p></p>