BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 311 



(5re? |plovei\ 



The Grey Plover {Charadrius Helve ficiis, Brisson) is a 

 common spring and autumn migrant to the British Islands, 

 occasionally occurring in winter, and is found inhabiting 

 the Northern Nearctic and Palearctig Regions. The 

 adult male in summer has the general colour of the upper 

 plumage whitish, barred with brown and black ; forehead 

 and eye-stripe, white ; cheeks, lores, throat, breast, upper 

 abdomen, and axillaries, black ; thighs, vent, and under 

 tail-coverts, white ; tail, white, barred with brown and 

 black; primaries, deep brown, with white marks on inner 

 webs ; irides, hazel ; bill, legs, and feet, blackish. Length, 

 from ten to twelve inches. The adult female in summer 

 is duller in colour than the male. 



