430 charadriid.t;. 



the Ornitliologists of the United States, Avho mention tliat it 

 goes very far to the south in Avinter ; and Mr. Gouhl says 

 it is very plentiful in Brazil, from whence he has received 

 specimens which did not present the slightest difference either 

 from those of our own island, or from Africa and Asia. 



M. Temminck says this bird is abundant in spring and 

 autumn on the coast of Holland ; it is found also on the 

 shores of France and Italy, and occurs occasionally at Nice 

 and Genoa in every state of plumage. It has been met with 

 on the shores of the Black Sea : Dr. A. Smith brought spe- 

 cimens from South Africa ; and M. Temminck has received 

 it from Japan, and the island of Sun da and New Guinea. 



An adult male in summer plumage, killed on the 12th 

 of June, the bird from which the figure was drawn, has the 

 beak black ; irides brown ; the feathers on the top of the 

 head and back of the neck black in the centre, edged with 

 rufous ; interscapulars, scapulars, tertials, back, and rump, 

 black, each feather edged with red ; wing-coverts greyish 

 black ; wing-primaries black on the outer web, greyish white 

 on the inner web, the shaft white ; middle tail-feathers rather 

 pointed and greyish black, the others greyish white ; chin, 

 throat, sides of the neck and upper part of the breast, covered 

 with small spots of rufous and black on a white ground ; 

 all the under surface of the body and wings pure white ; 

 axillary plume white ; legs, toes, and claws, black ; under 

 surface of the toes dilated and flat. 



In this state of plumage it is the Ruddy Plover of authors. 



The difference between the male and female when in their 

 summer plumage, has been pointed out in the remarks of 

 Major Sabine. The females are rather larger than the males. 



The whole length of an adult bird is about eight inches. 

 From the carpal joint to the end of the wing, four inches and 

 seven-eighths : the first quill-feather a little longer than the 

 second, and the longest in the wing. 



