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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



Greater *Rin0e& plover. 



THE Greater Ringed Plover {/Egialitis hialicula major, 

 Tristam) is a common resident in the British Isles. It 

 is also said to inhabit the Western Palearctic Region and the 

 North-eastern Nearctic Region. The adult male in spring 

 plumage has a band at the base of upper mandible, lores, 

 crown, a patch below the eye, and a band across the chest, 

 which narrows towards the nape, black ; forehead, a stripe 

 behind the eye, chin, throat, and a broad ring round the 

 neck, white; upper parts mostly ashy-brown; primaries, 

 brown ; with white on the shafts forming a white bar across 

 when the wing is extended ; outer rectrices, chiefly white ; 

 remainder brown, tipped with white ; lower breast and 

 abdomen, white; irides, brown; bill, yellow at base, black 

 at tip ; legs and feet, orange. Length, about seven inches. 



