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this ibese ill-omened, croakiiij:;' birds perch at all hours of the 

 day, detiling the cross and tinned dome-roof below them, with 

 oat exciting the si {«• litest sense of the ridiculous or impropriety 

 among the people there, the stranger only being amused. 



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3-U. Faleo sacc»r, Fousr.— Gz/r/a^.o/i. 



Fa'co saccr, Forst. Phil. Tiaus. Ixxii, 42:5, (1772.)— I^aiud. 

 Trans. Chicago Aeud. i, 271, (IHU'J.)— (;(ni:s. Key N. A. Birds, 

 2i:-., (1872. 



Finding nothing definite in Mr. Elliott's manuscripts respect- 

 ing this bird, we conclude that it does not reside on the islands, 

 where, however, its casual presence is attested by a specimen in 

 the collection labeled " Saint PauFs, March, '73." It is a young 

 bird, apj)arently in its second year, which had doubtless wan- 

 dered or been forced out of its usual way. 



However we may interpret the relation subsisting between the 

 various forms of Hierofalco, the name Falco saccr (FoRST.) is 

 specially pertinent to the present one, and has priority over the 

 several designations more frequently employed. 



" Hawks, like owls, are occasionally seen on the islands, the 

 latter during the winter, especially. They do not remain long, 

 and never breed, although the natives on Saint George's stoutly 

 assert that a ' small brown owl' breeds there. I made unavail- 

 ing search for it." Very probably the hawk-owl, {Suniia idiila.) 



,396. Cliaradrius fiilVllS, G:si.— Golden Plover. 



Chamdriusfulvus, Gm. Syst. Nat., i, GS7, (1788.) 



Charadriiis jAuvialis, IIOKSF. Traus. Linn. Soc, xii, 187, (1822.) 



Charadrius xatithocheihis, Wagler. Syst. Av., Charad. sp. 36, 



(1827.) 

 Charadrius iaitensis, Less. Man. Orn. ii, 321, (1828.) 

 Charadrius virginianus, Jard. et Selb. 111. ii, pi. 85, (circ. 1830.) 

 Charadrius glaucopus, Forst. Descr. An., ed. Licht., 176, (1844.) 

 Charadrius virginicus, Blyth. Cat. B. Mas. As. Soc, 262, (1849.) 

 Charadrius lon(jipeSj Temminck. 



Charadrius auratus orientalis, Temm. et Schleg. Fn. Japouica. 

 Charadrius auratus, Schrenk. Amur Reise, 410, (1860.) 

 Pluviulis fulvns, Sciilegel. Mas. Pays-Bas, Cursorcs, p. 50, 



(1864.) 

 PluviaUs fulvus, taiteusis, xanthocheilus, lougipes, Br. Coinpt. 



Reud., 417, (1856.) 



The single specimen of golden plover preserved by Mr. Elliott 

 is of special interest and importance, since it is conclusively 

 determined to be the true Asiatic fulniSj and not the Xorth 

 American var. r/rr//«/e»s. This discovery represents an addi- 

 tion to our Fauu((, for C. fulvns has not hitherto been recognized 



