Family CHARADRIIDAE. 



Charadrius apricarius L. — Golden Plover. 



(Plate 138, fig. a-c). 

 (Snoiickacrt: Avifauna Ncerlandica, p. 94, No. 221)- 



Colour of surface of shell : 

 Colour of spots: 



Average dimensions: 

 Average weight of shell: 

 Texture of shell : 



Shape: 



Nest and its site: 



Number of eggs: 

 Breeding season : 

 Duration of incubation: 



pale olive yellow; soft reddish brown; 

 creani-colourcd; pale greeni.sh grey. 



black, shading into dark blood ;•«/; reddish 

 brown; underlying spots show through 

 violet grey. 



51.5 X 34,5 millimetres. 



1.G5 gram. 



smooth and very evenly gramilated ; the 

 grain is particularly fine (much finer than 

 in the case of V. vancUns). 



oblong, more or less pyriform. 



on the ground, in a little hollow which 

 sometimes contains some dry vegetable 

 material as lining. 



end of April, May, June, 

 about 27 days. 



