GHEY PLOVER. 



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GRALLATORES. 



charaduiidj:. 





THE GREY PLOVER. 



Tritiga squutaiola, Grey Sandpiper, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 69. 



,, ,, ,, Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



,, ,, Plover, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 87. 



Squatarola cineren, ,, ,, Flem. Brit. An. p, 1 11. 



,, ,, ,, Seluy, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 227. 



Vanellus griseus, ,, ,, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 181. 



Squatarola cinerea, ,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. viii. 



Vanellus melanogaster, Vanneau Pluvier, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 547. 



Squatarola. Generic Characters. — Bill rather strong, cylindrical, straight, 

 nearly as long as the head ; the tip, or horny part, about half the length of the 

 whole bill, tumid, and arched, with the tomia bending inwards. Nasal groove 

 wide, half the length of the bill ; mesorliinium depressed below the level of the 



