GOLDEN PLOVER. 



LIMICOLM. 



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CHARADRIID^. 



Charadrius pluvialis, Linnaeus.* 

 THE GOLDEN PLOVER. 



YELLOW PLOVER. GREEN PLOVER. 



Charadrius pluvialis . 



Charadrius, Linnwusf. — Bill shorter than the head, straight, rather slender, 

 the upper mandible straight to the end of the nasal furrow, then slightly raised, 

 and decurved to the pointed tip ; nostrils subbasal and linear. Legs of moderate 

 length, slender, bare for a short distance above the tarsal joint ; tarsi reticulated. 

 Toes three only, all directed forwards, slightly webbed at the base. Wings 

 long, pointed in shape ; the first quill-ftather the longest ; inner secondaries 

 much shorter than in Eudromias, and somewhat shorter than in jF.glalit'is. 



The Plovers of the genus Charadrius, as now restricted, 

 arc remarkable for assuming in tlie spring, and retaining 



Charadrius P/nvialits, Linnxus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 254 (1766). 

 t torn. lit. p. 253. 



