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darker than the rest. The wing has eighteen quills; the second 
longest; the rest decrease rapidly. Primaries greenish yellow on the 
outer margins, except the first, which is gray, are all hair-brown on the 
inner margins, and have white and grayish white patches at the base. 
The secondaries have the exterior webs tinged with greenish yellow, 
but more faintly than the primaries. Chin white; throat cream-colour ; 
breast tinged with yellow, and marked with spear-shaped black spots, 
increasing in size towards the breast, which is beautifully mottled with 
wavy lines of olive-brown, intermixed with buff, gray and white. The 
belly and under tail-coverts white. Sides gray, barred and spotted 
with light brown, and there are patches of the same on each side of 
the vent. Under primary coverts dark gray. Under secondary 
coverts grayish white, with a yellowish tinge at the base and on the 
margins. Upper primary coverts dark hair-brown, margined on the 
outer webs with greenish yellow. Thighs grayish white, brown at the 
knee. Tarsus of a light reddish brown in front, flesh-colour behind, 
as are the toes. Tarsus 1 inch l-tenth. A female subsequently pro- 
cured is 7 inches in length and 11 inches in extent of wings. The 
plumage is very similar to that of the male. 
Golden Plover (Charadrius virginianus). Shot three out of a small 
flock on the 26th of September ; the finest is 10} inches in length, and 
221 in extent of wings. Yarrell observes, “I believe that the Asiatic 
golden plover is a species distinct from our bird, but identical with 
that of the American continent, in which the bird, though smaller, has 
a longer beak and longer legs, with a greater extent of naked space 
above the joint; the yellow spots on the feathers of the lower part of 
the back more oval in shape than triangular, and the axillary plume is 
always ash-brown, whilst that of the European bird is invariably 
elongated and pure white.” Having frequently shot the Asiatic plover, 
I am also inclined to believe that it is identical with that of North 
America. Temminck remarks, “ Les snjets tués dans les régions inter- 
tropicales de l’ancien monde sont toujours revétus du plumage @hiver ; 
il ne nous est pas parvenu @’individus en livrée parfaite des noces. La 
race de ces climats est constamment plus petite dans toutes ces dimen- 
sion.” The comparative measurements here given show the supe- 
riority in size of the European bird :— 
AMERICAN. Evrorean, 
Length . : : A 10} inches. 11, inches. 
Extent of wings : 2 As ieee 234 
Bill on the ridge . : : Ti ees fs oe 
Tarsus. : - - Beda | aero ini 
