Birds of Britain 



It is a smaller bird than the Ringed Plover, which it 

 otherwise resembles, except that the dark band across the 

 chest is broken in the centre. Female and young resemble 

 the male, but the band on forehead and chest is brown 

 instead of black, and of the same colour as the upper parts. 

 Length 6*25 in. ; wing 4*25 in. 



THE KILLDEER PLOVER 



/Egialitis vocifera (Linnaeus) 



Only two examples of this American species have been 

 shot in England. It is a larger bird than any of our other 

 Kinged Plovers, which it somewhat resembles, but it may 

 be recognised by its rufous rump and upper tail coverts, 

 a black subterminal bar and white tip to all the tail 

 feathers except the central pair, and the presence of two 

 narrow black bands across the breast. Length 9*5 in.; 

 wing 6*5 in. 



GOLDEN PLOVER 



Charadrius pluvialis, Linnaeus 



The home of the Golden Plover is on the lower slopes 

 of those hills the tops of which the Dotterel takes as his 

 own, for the Golden Plover prefers the cover afforded by 

 the tall heather and the more abundant and varied insect 

 diet of the lower lands. 



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