Aorety for the Protection of Birds. 
EDUCATIONAL SERIES. Edited by H. E. DRESSER, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 
No. 11.--PLOVERS. 
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LAPWING. 
I. Name-—PLOVER. 
Family—@dicnemide. 
Genus 1.—C@dicnemus. GZ. scowpax. Stone Curlew, or Norfolk Plover. 
Family— Charadride. 
Genus 2.—Charadrius. C. pluvialis. Golden Plover. 
Genus 3.—Sguatarola. S. helvetica. Grey Plover. 
Genus 4.—“£gialitis. LE. hiaticula. Ringed Plover. 
LE. curonica. Lesser Ringed Plover. 
LE. cantiana. Kentish Plover. 
Genus 6.—£udromias. £. morinellus.  Dotterel. 
Genus 6.— Vanellus. V. vulgaris. Lapwing, or Pewit. 
II. General Description and Proportion in inches. 
Stone CuRLEw.—Upper parts, greyish brown, varied with blackish brown; under parts, white, 
streaked with dark brown ; wings, blackish, with a light band across them, and the two 
outer quills banded with white ; tail, light brown, mottled with dark brown, and tipped 
Illustration, by kind permission of Messrs. Longmans, Green, & Co., from ‘‘ British Birds,” by W. H. Hudson. 
