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PLUVIALIS AUREA. THE GOLDEN PLOVER. 



YELLOW PLOVER. WHISTLING PLOVER, GREY PLOVER. FEADAG. 



Charadrius Pluvialis. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 254. 



Charadrius apricarius. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 254. 



Charadrius Pluvialis. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 740. Adult in winter. 



Charadrius apricarius. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 742. Adult in summer. 



Golden Plover. Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



Pluvier dore. Charadrius Pluvialis. Temni. Man. d'Orn. II. 535. 



Charadrius Pluvialis. Green Plover. Flem. Brit. Anim. 113. 



Golden Plover. Charadrius Pluvialis. Selb. Illustr. Brit. Ornith. II. 231. 



Charadrius pluvialis. Golden Plover. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 177. 



Charadrius Pluvialis. Bonap. Comp. List, 45. 



In winter, the upper parts brownish-black, spotted with 

 yellow, the cheeks, neck, and fore part of the breast greyish, 

 variegated with brown; the throat and abdomen white, as are 

 the axillar feathers. In summer, the upper parts black, 

 spotted with bright yellow; the fore neck and breast black; 

 the forehead, a line over the eye, a band bordering the back 

 of the lower parts, and the lower tail-coverts white. 



