476 



CHARADRIIDJJ. 



GRALLATORES. 



GHAEADEIIDM. 





THE GOLDEN PLOVER. 



YELLOW PLOVER. GREEN PLOVER. 



Charadrius pluvialis. 



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

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



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



Green 



Golden 



Pluvier dore, 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 113. 

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

 JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 177. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe. 

 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 moderate length, pointed in shape ; the first quill-feather the 

 longest. 



