GREY PLOVER. 



OEALLATORES. 



511 



CHARADRIID^. 



THE GREY PLOVER. 



Squatarola cinerea. 



Tringa Squatarola, Grey Sandpiper, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 69. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



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



Squatarola cinerea, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 111. 



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



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



Squatarola cinerea, GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Vanellus mdanoga-ster, 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 ; inesorhinium 



