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BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE GOLDEN PLOVER. 



YELLOW PLOVER. 



(Charadrms Plnvialis, Linn. Pluvicr dorc> Temm. 



LENGTH ten inches. Bill dusky; eyes dark; on 

 all the upper parts of the plumage the feathers are 

 indented on the edge with bright yellow spots upon 

 a dark brown ground; the fore part of the neck 

 and the breast are the same, but much paler; the 

 belly is almost white; the quills are dusky; the tail 

 is marked with dusky and yellow indentings and 

 bars; the legs are black. Birds of this species 

 vary much from each other; in some which we 

 have had, the breast was marked with black and 

 white; in others it was almost black. The above 

 figure was taken from a bird in winter plumage ; in 

 summer the breast and belly are black. 



