GOLDEN PLOVER. 



LIMICOLjE. 



271 

 CHARABRIIDjE. 



Chaeadeius pluvialis, Linnoeus.* 

 THE GOLDEN PLOVEE. 



YELLOW PLOVER. GREEN PLOVER. 



Charadrius pluvialis. 



CHARADRirs, Linnmts\.—Em. 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-ffather the longest ; inner secondaries 

 much shorter than in Eudromias, and somewhat shorter than in ^.gialitls. 



The Plovers of the genus Charadrius, as now restricted, 

 are remarkable for assuming in the spring, and retaining 



* Charadrius Pliivinlis, Linnwus, Sjst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 254 (1766). 

 t fom. rit. p. 2.53. 



