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PR^COCIAL GRALLATORES — LLMICOL^. 



Genus CHARADRIUS, Linj^^us. 



Charadrius, Linn. S. N. ed. 10, 1758, 150 ; ed. 12, 1766, 253 (type, C. apricarius, Linn.). 



Char. Similar to Squatarola, but without any trace of hind toe. Plumage also very similar, 

 hut form r-ather more slender. 



Oulv two species of Charadrius proper are known, one peculiar to the Palsearctic Region, but 

 occurring accidentally in Greenland ; the other spread over the remaining portions of the world. 



C. dominicus. 



including the greater part of America, the islands throughout the Pacific, and the coasts of Asia. 

 They differ chiefly in the color of the axillary feathers and the lining of the wings, as follows : — 



1. C. apricarius. Axillars and lining of the wing pure white. Hob. Palsarctic Region, 



breeding in Eastern Greenland. 



2. C. dominicus. Axillars and lining of the wing smoky gray. 



a. Var. dominicus. Average dimensions : ^ Wing, 7.09 ; culmen, .92 ; tarsus, 1.70 ; middle 



toe, .90. Hab. North America generally, migrating southward ; breeding in the high 

 north (including the coasts and islands of Alaska ?). 



b. YAT.fulvus. Average dimensions :^ Wing, 6.40 ; cnlmen, .92; tarsus, 1.72 ; middle toe, 



.90. Hah. Pacific Islands and Asia; coast and islands of Alaska in migrations. 



Charadrius apricarius. 



EUROPEAN GOLDEN PLOVER. 



Charadrius apricarius, Linn. S. L ed. 10, I. 1758, 150; ed. 12, L 1766, 254. — Bkehm, Vog. 



DeutscU. 1831, 541, pi. 27, lig. 3. 

 Charadrius pluvialis, LiNN. S. N. ed. 10, T. 1758, 151 ; ed. 12, I. 1766, 254. — Keys. & Blas. Wirb. 



Eur. 1810, 70. — SCHLEG. Rev. crit. 1844, 81. ■^- GiiAy, Gen. B. IIL 1849, 544 ; Cat. Brit. B. 



1863, 139. — RiDow. Norn. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 514. — CouES, Check List, 2d ed. 1882, 



no. 583. 

 Charadrius aurafus, Bechst. Naturg. Deutschl. IV. 1809, 395. — Naum. Vog. Deutschl. VII. 1834, 



1.38, pL 173. 

 Charadrius altifrons, Brehm, t.c. 542. 

 Pluvialis aurea, Macgill. Man. II. 1842, 49. 

 The Golden Plover, AuCT. 



Hab. Western Palsearctic Region, migrating to Africa, etc., in winter ; breeding in Eastern 

 Greenland (Finsch). 



^ Twenty-four specimens measured. 



2 Twenty-three specimens measured. 



