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BEACH BIRDS. 



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No. 144. AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER. 



Species: C. domlnlcus. 



Distribution: 



A transient visitor along the coast, extremely rare in sprin- 

 common in autumn. °' 



Date of Arrival: 



May going north. 



Date of Departure: 



Going south late August to November. 



General Plumage: 



In summer, upper parts black, marked with golden tail 

 brownish, famtly white barred ; under parts and cheeks 

 black, sides of breast white. In winter, upper parts dark 

 marked with wliite or yellowish; under parts whitish' 

 brownish marked. BiU black, feet and legs bluish brown' 

 Length about 10.50. 



Song and Other Notes: 



Whistle like ''coodle-coodle-coodle*' and '^ tee-lee-lee tw- 

 lee-lee-wit, wit-wit, wee-u-wit, chee-lee-u-too-lee-e.^' ' 



Haunts: 



Marshes, upland and sand bars. 



