COLLARED PRATINCOLE. CREAM-COLOURED COURSER. 213 

 GOLDEN PLOVER. 



Family— GLAREOLID^ 



Genus— GLAREOLA. 



GLAREOLA PRATINCOLA— Collared Pratincole. 



This very rare straggler from Southern Europe sometimes 

 appears in Herefordshire. A specimen was shot at Fownhope, in 

 1854, which is now in the Hereford Museum. One was also 

 seen at Clyro, in 1880, by the Messrs. Baskerville, who knew the 

 beautiful bird at once, from having frequently seen it abroad, where 

 it is plentiful. 



Family— CHARADRIID^. 



Genus— CURSORIUS. 



CURSORIUS GALLICUS— Cream-coloured Courser. 



A specimen of this rare visitor from x\frica was shot at Backney 

 Marsh, near Ross, in 1852. It passed into the possession of the 

 late Mr. Moss, and is now with his collection at the Hereford 

 Museum. 



Genus— CHARADRIUS. 

 CHARADRIUS PLUVIALIS— Golden Plover. 



From the shore 

 The Plovers scatter o'er the heath 

 And sing their wild notes to the listening waste. 



Shenstone. 



The Golden Plover, Yellow Plover, or Whistling Plover, is not 

 common in Herefordshire. A small flock is occasionally seen in 

 late autumn or winter on the western side of the county, and a few 

 pairs breed on the Black Mountains. The specimens in the 

 Hereford Museum come from that neighbourhood. 



The Golden Plover is a very interesting bird in many respects. 

 It changes its plumage in an extraordinary way. The under 



