GOLDEN PLOVER. 



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GRJLLATOUES. 



CHARADRIID.E. 



THE GOLDEN PLOVER. 



YELLOW PLOVER. GREEN PLOVER. 



Charadrius pluvialis, Golden Plover, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 98. 



Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



Green 

 Golden 



Pluvier dor£, 



Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol.i. p. 376. 

 Flem. Brit. An. p. 113. 

 Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 231. 

 Jenvns, Brit. Vert. p. 177. 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. i. 

 Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 535. 



Charadrius. Generic Characters. — Bill straight, compressed, shorter than 

 the head; the end of the upper mandible horny, pointed, and slightly bent; 

 nasal furrow elongated. Nostrils basal, lateral, linear, longitudinally cleft in 

 the membrane of the furrow. Legs of moderate length, sometimes rather 

 elongated, naked above the tarsal joint. Toes three only, all directed forwards, 

 the outer toe slightly connected at the base to the middle toe. Wings of mo- 

 derate length, pointed in shape ; the first quill-feather the longest. ^ 



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