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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



(Bolfcen (Mover. 



THE Golden ^Plover (Charadrius pluvialis, Linnaeus) is a 

 resident species in the British Isles; it also occurs in 

 Northern Europe and the western portion of Siberia, 

 and is found during winter in Africa. The adult in 

 summer has the upper parts nearly black, with copious 

 spots and bars of bright yellow and greyish ; primaries, 

 black ; bars on tail, brown ; forehead, white ; line above 

 eye, white ; sides of neck, white ; chin, throat, breast, 

 and belly, black, fringed with white on lower breast and 

 abdomen ; axillaries and under tail-coverts, white ; irides, 

 deep hazel ; bill, legs, and feet, slaty-black. Length, about 

 ten inches. The female in same plumage resembles male, 

 but generally shows less black underneath. The young 

 in first plumage have the breast suffused with yellowish, 

 and flanks profusely mottled with brown. 



