168 A HAND-LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Islands and Azores, apparently to east Siberia and Corea. Winters 

 in Africa, India, Ceylon, Burmah, and apparently Japan. Replaced 

 by allied forms in China, America, and apparently also Ceylon. 



CHARADRIUS VOCIFERUS 



361. Charadrius vociferus L.— THE KILLDEER PLOVER. 



Charadrius vociferus Linuanis;, Syst. Xat., ed. x, i, p. 150 (1758 — 

 America. Restricted typical locality : Carolina. Ex Catesby). 

 JSgialitis vocifera (Linnapus), Yarrell, iii, p. ix ; Saunders, p. 545. 



Distribution. — Great Britain. — Six. Near Christchm^ch (Hants.) 

 April, 1859. Tresco (Scillv Isles) Jan. 15, 1885 (Saunders, p. 545 

 and Birds Hants., p. 287). Peterhead (Aberdeen) 1867 (W. P. 

 VyQvs.it, Ann. S.N.H., 1904, p. 247 : cf. Brit. B., 11, p. 150). Three 

 Romney Marsh (Kent). April 21 and 22, 1908 (N. F. Ticehurst, 

 Brit. B., II, p. 169 ; Bull, B.O.C., xxiii, p. 25). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeds in North America, from British 

 Columbia south to central Mexico, winters in Central and South 

 America, from California to Venezuela, Peru, and more rarely 

 Paraguay and Chile. 



CHARADRIUS APRICARIUS* 



362. Charadrius apricarius L.— THE GOLDEN PLOVER. 



Charadrius apricarius Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 150 (1758 — 



Oeland [island near Sweden] and America : the latter erroneoas, ex 



Edwards). 



Pluvialis aurea MacGillivray, Hist. Brit. B., iv, p. 94 (1852). 



Charadrws pluvialis Linnaeus, Yarrell, iii, p. 271 ; Savmders, p. 547. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Resident. Breeds sparingly moors 

 Devon and Somerset, more plentifully Wales and its borders and 

 north-east Yorks., and commonly Pennines and northwards through- 

 out Scotland and its islands. In Ireland on mountains many dis- 

 tricts, as well as bogs in western Connaught. In autumn and winter 

 far more numerous, and widely distributed on low-h^ing marshes 

 and fields. 



Migrations. — British Isles. — Our breeding-birds begin to leave 

 moors for coastal regions early Aug., and return March and April. 

 From Sept. to Nov. immigrants arrive in great numbers and return 

 April and May. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — North Europe, Faeroes and Iceland, and 

 west Siberia ; in winter south to north Africa, Azores and Canary 

 Islands, and in Asia as far as Sind. 



* This bird is more generally known in England as C. pluvialis, in Germany 

 as C. avratus ; but its oldest name is apricarivs, a name used by Pallas, Sunde- 

 vall, Gray, Heuglin, Bonaparte, Schlegel, Loche, and others, and recently by 

 all authors who begin nomenclature with the year 1758. — 'E.H. 



