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Islands, Iceland, and Greenland. In the Natural History 

 Appendix to Captain Parry's Second Voyage, written by 

 Sir John Richardson, it is stated that this bird was found 

 breeding on Melville Peninsula in June. Sir James Ross, 

 in the Appendix to the Narrative of the Second Voyage of 

 Sir John Ross, says this bird " was found by us breeding 

 near the margins of the marshes immediately to the south- 

 west of Fury Point, in considerable numbers. Some speci- 

 mens were also obtained near Felix Harbour." In the 

 Fauna Boreali-Americana, Sir John Richardson says, 

 " This bird is observed in the Fur-countries in similar 

 places to those frequented by the Golden Plover, though 

 it is not equally common. It breeds in open grounds from 

 Pennsylvania to the northern extremity of the continent. 

 Its eggs are oil-green, spotted irregularly with different 

 shades of umber brown : the spots crowded and confluent 

 round the. obtuse end." 



Nearer home this bird is found in Russia and Siberia ; 

 but less abundant in Germany than in Holland or France. 

 It is found in Spain, at Genoa, and in Italy, on its passage 

 visiting Sicily, when coming from, or going to, Africa. 

 Dr. Andrew Smith brought specimens from Algoa Bay, 

 where he saw it all the breeding-season, but says that it 

 does not attain any black colour on the breast. Mr. Selby 

 mentions that it is found in Egypt. Mr. Blyth has ob- 

 tained it at Calcutta. M. Temminck remarks that he has 

 received this species from Japan in summer and winter 

 plumage ; but that specimens from the Island of Sunda 

 and New Guinea, though killed at different seasons, had 

 no indications of summer plumage. Dr. Horsfield includes 

 this species in his Catalogue of the Birds of Java. 



The adult bird in summer plumage has the beak black ; 

 the irides very dark brown ; the forehead and top of the 

 head white, the latter slightly speckled with greyish black ; 



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