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EASTERN GOLDEN PLOVER. Charadrius fulvus, 

 Ginelin. Length, 9*5 in. ; bill, 0*9 in. ; wing, 

 6 "5 in. ; tarsus, 1*5 in. 



Ilah. The tundras from the Yenesei to Bering Sea up 

 to 74° N., and as far south as the plains of Mongolia; 

 wintering in China, Japan, India, Australia, and New 

 Zealand. 



One, Norfolk, Dec. 1874: Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 513; 



Stevenson. Trans. Norf. Nat. Soc. (1876), ii. p. 213. 

 One, Loch of Stenness, Orkney, Nov. 26, 1887 : Millais, 



Field, Dec. 10, 1887. 



Ohs. The colour of the axillary plume in the 

 Plovers has generally been relied upon as a good 

 distinguishing character, being white in C. pluvialis, 

 grey in C. fulvus {longipes vel orientalis) and C. 

 dominicus (vel virginicus), and black in >S'. helvetica. 



C. fulvus and C. domi^iicus are doubtfully dis- 

 tinct, both having grey axillaries, and the measure- 

 ments in a large series show very little variation 

 (Proc. Zool. Soc., 1871, p. 116). Mr. Cordeaux has 

 observed that in C. pluvialis the axillary plume is 

 not invariably pure white, but is occasionally edged 

 or broken with smoke-grey [Zool., 1869, p. 1544). 



AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER. Charadrius domi- 

 nicus, Milller. Length, 10 in. ; bill, 1 in. ; wing, 

 7 in, ; tarsus, 1*6 in. 

 Hah. The barren grounds from Alaska to Davis Straits, 



Greenland, Canada, the United States, and West Indies. 



One, Leadenhall Market, autumn 1882 : Gurney. 



One, Perthshire, Aug. 3, 1888 : Millais, Zool, 1886, p. 26. 



