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throughout the winter ; hence the vernacular name Chorlito de invierno 

 (Little Winter Plover) . In its winter dress the upper plumage is greyish 

 drab colour ; the breast dark brown ; the belly white. It is shy and 

 active in disposition, has a very rapid flight, and is seen in flocks 

 varying greatly in number, from a dozen to two or three hundred 

 individuals. When feeding the birds scatter very widely, running 



WINTER PLOVER. 



(Seebohm's t Plovers/ p. 105.) 



swiftly over the ground in all directions. When on the wing it 

 frequently utters its cry, which has not the mellow tone of the Golden 

 Plover's note, but it is wonderfully clear and far-reaching, and impresses 

 the listener with its wildness and melancholy. 

 Their return migration takes place in August. 



389. JEGIALITIS FALKLANDICA (Lath.). 

 (PATAGONIAN SAND-PLOVER.) 



JEgialitis falklandica, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 143 ; iid. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 144 

 (Buenos Ayres), et 1872, p. 549 (Rio Negro) ; Durnford, Ibis, 1878, p. 402 

 (Centr. Patagonia) ; Gibson, Ibis, 1880, p. 163 (Buenos Ayres) ; Harrows, 

 Atik, 1884, p. 313 (Entrerios). Charadrius falklandicus, Seebohm, Plovers, 

 p. 155. 



Description. Above brown ; front white ; band across forehead and sides of 



