352 Dr* A, Hall on the Mammals and Birds 



C, Carolinensis. Turtle-dove or Carolina Pigeon. 

 Zenaidura Carolinensis. Baird ! 

 D.c. Forehead and breast vinaceous ; a black spot of it under 

 each ear ; tail of 14 feathers, with 4 of the lateral ones black near 

 the extremity and white at the tips ; crown and upper part of 

 neck o-reenish blue ; general dorsal colour pale yellowish brown ; 

 some of the inner wing coverts spotted with black; below. brown- 

 ish yellow. Length 12 inches; alar extent 17 inches. I saw a 

 specimen of tliis bird in 1831 which had been shot by some Ca- 

 nadians in the woods on Isle Jesus. It is extremely rare. 



Ord. V. Grallatori^. 

 Fam. II. Fressirostres. 

 Legs long ; without a thumb, or the thumb too short to reach 

 the ground ; bill moderate. 



Genus Charadrius. 

 Gen. char. Bill shorter than the head, compressed, slender, 

 straight, and rather gibbous towards the tip ; nostrils basal, placed 

 horizontally in the membrane which covers the nasal fossa ; legs 

 slender, of moderate length, of the three toes projecting forward 

 the exterior is connected to the middle one by a short membrane ; 

 the inner toe free ; thumb obsolete ; tail rounded or square ; 1st 

 primary shorter than 2nd which is the longest. 



C. pluvialis. Golden Plover. 



C. apricarius of Gmelin and Wilson I Adult bird in sum- 

 mer plumage. 

 C. Virginicus. Baird ! 

 v.s.p. Bill, legs and feet black; irides hazel; eggs 4 to 5 pale 

 olive spotted with black. 



Dorsal aspect. Frontlet and space round the eyes greyish 

 white ; crown of head, interscapulary region, rump, scapulars, 

 and greater and smaller wing coverts greenish black, the feathers 

 tipped with brown, yellow, yellowish white, or in some instances 

 white ; nape of neck grey streaked with dusky ; tail coverts 

 white tipped with pale lemon yellow ; tail white barred with 

 greenish black ; on the two centre feathers the bars assume a 

 serrated appearance, the feathers also tipped with lemon yellow ; 

 primaries black, their inner vanes white except towards the tips. 

 Ventral aspect. Chin, belly, vent, tail and wing coverts white ; 

 cheeks, sides of throat, throat, breast,, white streaked with dusky. 



