uri=referer issue

I am using the following code to check my HTML pages.

<a href=http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=referer>
    <img src=http://www.w3.org/Icons/valid-html40
    alt="Valid HTML 4.0 Transitional" height="45" width="132"></a>

When I click on the link instead of checking the page where I clicked (such as http://www.rbdevore.com/fav/fav_index.shtml), it checks http://www.rbdevore.com/.
What am I doing wrong?

Ray Devore