GOLDEN PLOVER. 



OR ALL A TORES. 



447 



CIIARADRI1DM. 



THE GOLDEN PLOVER. 



YELLOW PLOVER. GREEN PLOVER. 



Charadrius plumalis. 



Charadrius pluvialis. Golden Plover, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 98. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 376. 

 Green FLEM. Brit. An. p. 113. 



Golden SELBV, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 231. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 177. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. i. 

 Pluvier dore, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 535. 



CHARADRIUS. Generic Characters. Bill straight, compressed, shorter than 

 the head ; the end of the upper mandible horny, pointed, and slightly bent ; nasal 

 furrow elongated. Nostrils basal, lateral, linear, longitudinally cleft in the mem- 

 brane of the furrow. Legs of moderate length, sometimes rather elongated, naked 

 above the tarsal joint. Toes three only, all directed forwards, the outer toe 

 slightly connected at the base to the middle toe. Wings of moderate length, 

 pointed in shape ; the first quill-feather the longest. 



