RINGED PLOVER, 467 



north and west as the Lapland Alps. They are included 

 among the Birds of Iceland ; Mr. Scoresby, in his Journal, 

 mentions having seen them on the east coast of Greenland, 

 and our Arctic voyagers observed them on the west coast 

 of Greenland, at Prince Eegenfs Inlet, and at Hecla 

 Cove. 



Pennant says it is found in summer in Russia and Siberia. 

 In Germany it lives on the banks of rivers ; it is abundant 

 in Holland on the sea-shore ; and is found in France, 

 Provence, Italy, and Sicily. I have seen specimens from 

 Malta; and Mr. Fellowes obtained examples in Asia 

 Minor. M. Temminck includes this species among the 

 Birds of Japan. 



The male in summer has the beak black at the point, 

 orange-yellow at the base ; the irides brown ; forehead 

 white, with a black band above it reaching to the eyes 

 on each side ; lore, space under the eyes, and the ear- 

 coverts, black ; top of the head and nape of the neck 

 hair brown ; below this, and all round the neck a collar 

 of white ; below this a collar of black ; the back, 

 wing-coverts, and tertials, hair-brown ; the wing-coverts 

 tipped with white, forming a continuous bar of that 

 colour, which is conspicuous when the bird is on the 

 wing; the primaries almost black, the distal portion of 

 each quill-shaft white ; upper tail-coverts and the base of 

 the tail-feathers hair-brown, passing into greyish black 

 towards the end, the middle pair the longest, the next 

 four on each side tipped with white ; the outer feather on 

 each side entirely white ; chin and throat white ; across 

 the neck a broad collar of black ; breast, belly, vent, and 

 under tail-coverts, white ; under wing-coverts and the 

 axillary plume white ; legs and toes orange ; the claws 

 black. 



H H 2 



