LESSER GOLDEN PLOVER 229 
AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 
TOTAL LENGTH .. iy: epee lt In. 
WING oe ‘ist Aas ae feo. 
BEAK re Seca lt * 
EEARSO: METATARSUS ah = MEO 4; 
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LESSER GOLDEN PLOVER. Charadrius dominicus 
(P. L. 8. Miiller). 
Colowred Figures——Dresser, ‘Birds of Europe,’ vol. vii, pls. 
16; SLT. 
There are two varieties of this Plover, an Eastern or 
Asiatic, and a Western or American. The latter is the 
larger and the less brilliant in colour. 
The Lesser Golden Plover is a very rare visitor to the 
British Isles, its occurrences being as follows :— 
(A) Asvatie. 
One found in December, 1874, in Leadenhall Market? 
among a lot of Golden Plovers supposed to have come from 
Norfolk. Another obtained in the flesh from Stennis in 
Orkney on November 26th, 1887 (Millais, ‘The Field,’ 
December 10th, 1887). 
(B) American. 
One obtained in Leadenhall Market in autumn, 1882 
(J. H. Gurney). Another recorded from Perthshire, August 
3rd, 1883 (J. G. Millais, ‘ Zoologist,’ 1886, p. 26). 
A third obtained in the Dublin Markets on September 
12th, 1894, among a lot of Golden Plovers which had 
been sent direct from Belmullet, co. Mayo (EK. Se aa 
‘Zoologist, 1894, p. 428, also ‘ Irish Naturalist,’ vol. 
p. 224. ) 
1 From the above data it may be seen that the majority of birds 
have been secured in game-dealers’ shops, periodical visits to which will 
sooner or later reward the ornithologist. The late Mr. E. Williams of 
Dublin has repeatedly picked up rarities in this way. 
