242 CHARADRIIDJi. 



Charadrius apricarius. GOLDEN PLOVER. 



Ckaradrius apricarius Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 150 : 

 Sweden. 



Charadrius pluvialis Linn. ; B. O. II. List, 1st eel. 1883, p. 157 ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 1896, p. 191; founders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 547. 



Apricarius sunny, or lying in the sun. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Resident, breeding 

 commonly on the moorlands, especially in the north of 

 Scotland and the adjacent islands, and less numerously in 

 Somersetshire and Devonshire. In autumn and winter it is 

 more plentiful and widely distributed on the lower ground, 

 its numbers being greatly augmented by continental birds 

 which remain till March and April. 



General Distribution. The Golden Plover breeds in Ice- 

 land, the Faeroes, and in northern and central Eui-ope, 

 eastwards across western Siberia to the Yenesei. In winter 

 it visits north Africa, the Azores and the Canary Islands, and 

 wanders as far east as Sind. 



Charadrius dominicus. AMERICAN GOLDEN 

 PLOVER. 



Charadrius dominicus P.L. S. Mutter, Natursyst. Suppl. 

 1776, p. 116 : S. Domingo, W. Indies. 



Charadrius dominicus Mull. ; Sliarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 1896, 

 p. 195 (part.) ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 549 (part.). 



Dominicus = belonging to S. Domingo in the West Indies, where it was 

 first discovered. 



. Distribution in the British Islands. A Rare Visitor. It 

 has occurred about four times : Leadonhall Market, autumn 

 1882 ; Perthshire, Aug. 1883 ; co. Mayo, Sept. 1894 ; Essex, 

 Aug. 1896. 



General Distribution. The American Golden Plover breeds 

 in Alaska and Arctic North America, from Kotzebue Sound 

 to north-western Hudson Bav. It winters in South America, 



