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shore consists of small gravel or shingle ; such are most of 

 the smaller species. Except during the season of reproduction, 

 most of them live in societies, larger or of less amount, ac- 

 cording to the species. Their migrations are also performed in 

 numerous bodies, the old birds usually congregating by them- 

 selves, and preceding the young in their periodical flights. 

 They run with much swiftness, as might be expected from 

 the simple structure of their feet ; and from the shape and 

 dimensions of their wings, they fly with strength and rapi- 

 dity. They live on worms, insects, and their larvae, Sec., and 

 most of them are nocturnal feeders, as indicated by their 

 large and prominent eyes. They are subject to the double 

 moult, and the change at the different seasons is in many 

 species very marked. Their nest is on the ground, and their 

 eggs are always four in number. The flesh of the larger 

 species, and such as inhabit the plains of the interior, is deli- 

 cate and high flavoured ; but in many of the smaller kinds 

 that live on the coast, or on the banks of rivers, it is not so 

 palatable. 



GOLDEN PLOVER. 



CHARADRIUS PLUVIALIS, Linn. 

 PLATE XXXVII. 



Charadrius Pluvialis, Linn. Syst. 1. 254. 7 Gmel. Syst. 1. C88 Lath, Ind. 



Orn. 2. 740. sp. 1. var. B Briss. Orn. 5. 43. 1. t. 4. f. 1 Shaw's Zool. 



11. 464. pi. 34. /Yem. Br. Anim. 1. 113. sp. 163. 

 Pluvialis viridis, Rail Syn. 111. A. 2 Will. 289. t. 57. 

 Le Pluvier dore, Buff. Ois. 8. 81. Id. PL Enl. 904 Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 



2. 535. 

 Goldregen Pfeifer, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 4. 395 Meyer, Tasschenb. 



Deut. 2. 318. 

 Golden Plover, Br. Zool. 2. 474. No. 208 Arct. Zool. 2. 399 Will. 



(Angl.) 308. Lath. Syn. 5. 193. 1 Id. Sup. 252 Mont. Ornth. Diet. 



Id. Sup. Bewick's Br. Birds, Ed. 1826. p. t. 367 Pult. Cat. Dorset, 16. 

 Green Plover, Low's Faun. Oread. 88. Flem. Br. Anim. 2. 113, sp. 163. 

 Charadrius Africanus, Linn. Syst. 254. 6 Gmel.. Syst. 1. 687 Lath.. 



Ind. Ornith. 2. 742. sp. 5. but not all the synonyms.* Shaw's Zool. 11. 1 



466, but not Wilson's Synonyms. y Summer 



Alwargrim Plover, Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 398. Lath. Syn. 5. 198. 5. I plumage. 



Shaw'sZooL 11. 466. " 



PROVINCIAL Grey Plover, Whistling Plover, Black-bellied Plover. 



