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appears from the chin and throat ; and the lores and the eye-stripes are more 

 distinct. Young in first plumage have buff tips to most of the feathers, 

 some of which are retained in birds of the year. Young in down are pale 

 reddish brown on the upper parts spotted and blotched with black, and 

 are white on the underparts, with a dark band across the breast. 



sent the female as differing but slightly from the male in winter plumage. The truth 

 probably lies between these two statements, the white on the throat of young females 

 being very conspicuous in breeding-plumage, whilst it almost disappears at that season in 

 very old birds. 



EGGS AND YOUNG OF GREY PLOVER. 



