KINGED PLOVER. 403 



gers observed tliem on the west coast of Greenland, at Prince 

 Regent''s Inlet, and at Hecla Cove, 



Pennant says it is found in summer in Russia and Siberia. 

 In Germany it lives on the banks of rivers ; it is abundant in 

 Holland on the sea-shore ; and is found in France, Provence, 

 and Italy. I have seen specimens from Malta ; and Mr. 

 Fellowes obtained examples in Asia Minor. M. Temminck 

 includes this species among the Birds of Japan. 



The male in summer has the beak black at the point, 

 orange-yellow at the base ; the irides brown ; forehead white, 

 with a black band above it reaching to the eyes on each side ; 

 lore, space under the eyes, and the ear-coverts, black ; top of 

 the head and nape of the neck hair brown ; below this, and all 

 round the neck, a collar of white ; below this a collar of 

 black ; the back, wing-coverts, and tertials, hair-brown ; the 

 wing-coverts tipped with white, forming a continuous bar of 

 that colour, which is conspicuous when the bird is on the 

 wing ; the primaries almost black, the distal portion of each 

 quill-shaft white ; upper tail-coverts and the base of the tail- 

 feathers hair-brown, passing into greyish black towards the 

 end, the middle pair the longest, the next four on each side 

 tipped with white ; the outer feather on each side entirely 

 white ; chin and throat white ; across the neck a broad collar 

 of black ; breast, belly, vent, and under tail-coverts, white ; 

 under wing-coverts and the axillary plume white ; legs and 

 toes orange ; the claws black. 



The whole length of the adult bird seven inches and three 

 quarters. From the carpal joint to the end of the wing, five 

 inches and a half : the wings pointed in shape ; the first quill- 

 feather the longest. 



Adult females in summer have the black bands and collar 

 narrower than in the males, and the colours not quite so 

 decided ; both sexes in winter have the black and the white 

 less pure in colour. 



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