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^ 5 Like " apricarius '■' but under wing coverts and axillaries 

 pale .L;"rey brown. Wing 176-187. 



Jirceds. — •Arctic N. America. Migrates south in winter ; of 

 exceptional occurrence in Europe ; recorded once Heligoland 

 and four to five times in British Isles. 



C. dominicus fulvus Gmelin. Asiatic Golden Plover. ^ $ 

 Axillaries and under wing coverts as in " dominicus " but has a 

 shorter wing. Bill and tarsi are as long. Wing 160-175. 



Breeds. — E. Siberia and W. Alaska. Migrates south through 

 Asia ; of rare occurrence in Europe. Has been recorded from 

 Poland, Norway, Heligoland, Malta, British Isles and Spain, and 

 once from Algeria. 



Squatarola. 



Like "Charadrius" but has a small hind toe; nests on 

 ground in tundras of both hemispheres; eggs 4, about inter- 

 mediate in colour between those of Golden Plover and Lapwing. 



Squatarola squatarola squatarola (L.). Grey Plover. 

 Fr. Vanneau Pluvier ; Gcr. Kiebitzregenpfeifer ; ItaL Pivieressa ; 

 Swed. Kust-pipare. 



$ $ summer. Above deep brown with white tips to feathers ; 

 forehead and supercilium (continued down neck to sides qf chest) 

 white ; lores, face, throat, breast and abdomen black, vent white, 

 under wing coverts white, axillaries black. In winter underparts 

 are dull white with pale brown streaks. Bill black. Legs and 

 feet slaty grey. Wing o ? 188-203. Tarsus 45-49. Bill 27-31. 

 Young are like winter adults, but tips of feathers are yellow as in 

 " apricarius" but duller. 



Breeds. — N. Russian tundras, Kolguev, Dolgoi, Nova Zembla; 

 in W. Siberia to Taimyr and in E. Arctic America. Migrates ; 

 occurs in Continental Europe, W. Asia and Egypt on passage ; 

 winters in British Isles, Mediterranean Basin, and Africa south to 

 Cape Colony ; in America south to West Indies and Brazil. 



Vanellus. 



Crested; wings rounded, ist, 2nd, 3rd and 4th primaries 

 nearly equal ; hind toe present. 



