474 GOLDEN PLOVER. Class II, 



XXXII. BILL ftrait, no longer than the head. 



PLOVER. NOSTRILS linear. 



TONGUE 



TOES, wants the hind toe. 



to8. Goldek. Le Pluvier Guillemot. Belon Dalekarlis Akerhona, Lappis 



a<v. 260 Hutti. Faun. Suec.fp. 190. 



Pluvialis. Gefner av. 714. Pluvialis aurea,le Pluvier dore. 



Pivier. Aldr. av. III. 206. Bfijprn av. V. 43. Tab. 4. 



Wil. orn. 308. Jig. 1. 



Raiifyn.av. in. Piviero verde. Zinan. 102. 



Brachhennl. Kram. 354. Norvegis Akerloe, Cimbris 



Rechter Brachvogel. Frifcb, Brok-Fugl. Brttmiich, 1&7. 



II. 217. Br. Zool. 128. 



Charadrius Pluvialis. Lin* 



fyft> 254- 



THIS elegant fpecies is often found on our 

 moors and heaths, in the winter time, in 

 Descrip. fmall flocks. Its weight is nine ounces : its length 

 eleven inches : its breadth twenty-four : the bill is 

 fhort and black : the feathers on the head, back, 

 snd coverts of the wings are black, beautifully 

 fpotted. on each fide with light yellowifh green : 

 the breaft brown, marked with green im oblong 

 ftrokes: the belly white; the middle feathers of 

 the tail barred with black and yellowifh green : 

 the reft with black and brown : the legs black. 

 We have obferved fome variety in thefe birds, but 

 cannot determine whether it is owing to age orfex: 



we 



