44 BRITISH BIRDS. 



CHARADRIUS HELVETICUS. 

 GREY PLOVER. 



(Plate 25.) 



Vanellus griseiis, j ( p. 100 (1700, early spring dress). 



Vanellus varius, i Briss. Orn. v. \ p. 103 (1700, bird of the year). 



Vanellus bt'lveticus, 1 I p. 100 (1700, adult summer). 



Tringa helvetica, Linn. Stjst. Nat. i. p. 250 (1706) ; et auctorum pivirinioruin— 



Latham, (Temminck), (Jerdoti), {Dresser), {Saunders), Sec. 

 Tringa varia, I ^ .^^^ ^^^^_ ^r,^^ j ^ 252 (1766). 



Tringa squatarola, I 



Charadrius hypomelus, Pall. Heise Huss. Reichs, iii. p. 099 (1773). 

 Charadrius najvius, Gmel. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 692 (1788). 

 Vanellus melauogaster, Bechst. Naturg. DeuUchl. iv. p. 356 (1809). 

 Squatarola grisea, Leach, Syst. Cat. Mamm. 8fc. Brit. Mus. p. 29 (181G). 

 Squatarola squatarola {Linn.), Cuv. Kegne An. i. p. 467 (1817). 

 Squatarola varia {Briss.), Bote, Isis, 1822, p. 558. 

 Charadrius pardela. Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. ii. p. 142 (1826). 

 Squatarola cinerea, Fleming, Brit. An. p. Ill (1828). 

 Charadrius squatarola {Linn), Naum. Viig. Dcufschl. vii. p. 249 (1834). 

 Squatarola melauogaster {Bechst.), Malh. Faun. Orn. Sicil. p. 160 (1840). 

 Squatarola helvetica {Briss.), Keys. u. Bias. Wirh. Eur. p. 207 (1843). 

 Vanellus squatarola {Linn.), Schl. Rev. Crit. p. Ixxxiv (1844). 

 Charadrius helveticus {Briss.), Kjcerb. Naum. 1850, p. 6. 

 Pluvialis squatarola {Linn.), Macgill. Hist Brit. B. iv. p. 86 (1852). 

 Squatarola wilsoni, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 95 (1854). 

 Squatarola rhynchomega, Bonap. Compf. Bend, xliii. p. 416 (1856), 

 PluviaUs varius {Briss.), Degl. ^ Gerhe, Orn. Fur. p. 127 (1867). 

 Charadrius varius {Briss.), Finsch ^- Hartl. Viig. Ost-Afr. p. 644 (1870). 



The Grey Plover is found more or less commonly on the coasts of the 

 British Islands, chiefly during autumn migration, but occasionally in 

 winter and spring. It is far less numerous on the west coasts than the 

 east. It frequents in small numbers the inner islands on the west 

 coast of Scotland, but only occurs sparingly in the Outer Hebrides. In 

 Ireland it is still less common, although it appears regularly every 

 season. 



The Grey Plover is a circumpolar bird, but has only been known to 

 breed on the tundras above the limit of forest-growth. It appears to be 

 very local in its distribution during the breeding-season. It is not known 

 with certainty to breed anywhere except in the lower valley of the Petchora, 

 on the Taimyr peninsula in the extreme north of Siberia, in Alaska, on 

 the banks of the Anderson river, and on Melville Peninsula. It passes 

 through Central and Southern Europe on migration, and winters in the 



