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white, the outer feather spotted with black; pri- 
maries and their coverts blackish-brown, the latter 
margined with white; primary shafts about two- 
thirds from the base, white, tips blackish-brown ; 
part of the inner webs of the outer primaries white ; 
both webs of the inner primaries partially white; 
secondaries white at the base, margined at the same; 
feet black ; toes connected bya membrane. Female 
smaller. Young with the upper plumage greyish- 
brown, the feathers spotted with white ; throat, fore- 
neck, and upper part of the breast greyish-white, 
streaked with dusky ; rest of the lower parts white. 
Length of adult male eleven inches and three quar- 
ters, wing seven and a half.’"—Giraud’s Birds of 
Long Island. 
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER. 
Frost Bird, Greenback. 
Charadrius Pluvialis, Wils. 
This bird furnishes great sport at Montauk Point, 
when the fortunate sportsman happens to arrive 
after a fierce north-easter early in September and 
during one of those wonderful flights that occasion- 
ally occur. They come readily to the decoys which 
are placed in the open upland fields, and were once 
killed in great numbers on Hempstead plains before 
cultivation ejected them. A large number of de- 
coys should be used, for they are not so easily seen 
as when set in the water. After alighting, the gold- 
en plover runs with great activity in pursuit of the 
