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PRiECOCIAL GRALLATORES — LIMICOL/E. 



Genus CHARADRIXTS, Linx^us. 



Charadriua, Linn. S. X. eJ. 10, 1758, 150 ; cd. 12, 1766, 253 (type, C. apricarius, Linn.). 



Char. Similar to Squntarola, but without any tmce of hind toe. Plumage also very similar, 

 but form rather more slender. 



Only two si)ecies of Charadrius proper are known, one peculiar to the Paliearctic Region, but 

 occu'iiug accidentally in Greenland ; the other spread over the remaining portioua of the world, 



C. dominiais. 



including the greater part of America, the islands throughout the Pacific, and the coaste of Asia. 

 They differ chiefly in the color of the axillary feathei-s and the lining of the wings, as follows : — 



1. C. aprioariufl. Axillars and lining of the wing pure white. Hah. Paltearctic Region, 



breeding in Eastern Greenland. 



2. C. dominicus. Axillars and lining of the wing smoky gray. 



a. Var. ihminicus. Average dimensions : i Wing, 7.09 ; culmen, .92 ; tarsus, 1.70 ; middle 

 toe, .90. Hah. North America generally, migniting southward ; breeding in the high 

 north (including the coasts and_ i:*lands of Alaska ?). 



h. Var. fulviis. Average dimensions : * Wing, 6.40 ; culmen, .92 ; tarsus, 1.72 ; middle toe, 

 .90. Hub. Pacific Islands and Asia ; coast and islands of Alaska in migrations. 



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Charadrius apricariua 



EUBOPEAN GOLDEN PLOVEB. 



Charadrius apricarius, Lixn. S. I. cd. 10, L 1758, 150 ; ed. 12, L 1766, 254. — Bukhm, Vog. 



Deutschl. 1831, 541, pi. 27, lig. 3. 

 Charadrius pluvial is, Linn. S. N. cd. 10, \. 1758, 151 ; ed. 12, L 1766, 254. — Key,s. & Blas. Wirb. 



Eur. 1840, 70. — Sciileg. Rev. crit. 1844, 81. — GitAY, Gen. IJ. III. 1849, 544 ; Cat. Brit. B. 



1863, 1.39. — RiDow. Norn. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 514. — CoUE.s, Check List, 2d ed. 1882, 



no. 583. 

 Charadrius aurahis, Bechst. Naturg. Deutschl. IV. 1809, 395. — Naum. Viig. Deutschl. VII. 1834, 



138, pi. 173. 

 Charadrius altifrons, BnEiiM, t.c. 542. 

 Pluvi^ilis aurea, Macoii.i.. Man. II. 1842, 49. 

 Tlic Qolden Plover, Auct. 



Hab. Western Palsearctic Region, migrating to Africa, etc., in winter ; breeding in Eastern 

 Greenland (Finsch). 



Twenty-four specimens measured. 



Twenty-three specimens measured. 



Ok. 



