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143 Wils. VII, lix, 5. (The Golden Plover.) Blackish; the edges 
of its feathers dotted with yellows; white belly. It is the most 
common of all, and is found throughout the whole globe. The 
north produces one which scarcely differs from it except in its 
black throats it is the Cha». apricarius, Edw. 1403 Naum. I, f. 
153) Wils. VII,"lvii, 4. Some authors assert it is the young of 
the other. 
Char. morinellus, L.; Le Guignard, Enl. 832; Naum. 12, f. 
16, 17. (The Dotterel.) Grey or blackish; feathers edged with 
fulvous-grey; a white streak over the eye; breast and upper part 
of the belly of a bright red; lower part of the belly white. 
Char. hiaticula, 1..; Pluvier a collier, Enl. 920; Frisch, 2145 
Brit. Zool. pl. P; Wils. V, xxxvii, 2. (The Ring Plover.) 
Grey above; white beneath; a black collar round the lower part 
of the neck, very broad in front; the head variegated with black 
and white; bill, yellow and black. Three or four species or 
races are found in France differing in size, and in the distribu- 
tion of the colours on the head.(1) This same distribution, with 
but little variation, is found in several species foreign to Eu- 
rope. (2) 
Many Plovers have scutellated legs; they form a small division, 
most of its species having spines to their wings, or fleshy wattles 
on the head; some of them have both these characters.(3) 
Vane.uus, Bechst.—Trinea, Lin.(4) 
The Lapwings have the same kind of beak as the Plovers, and are 
(1) Ch. minor, Meyer, Enl. 921; Wils. VII, lix, 3; Naum. 15, f. 19, or Ch. cu- 
» ronicus, Lath., with an entirely black beak;—Ch. cantianus, Lath., or albifrons, 
Meyer, of which the Ck. xgyptius may possibly be the female. Its collar is inter- 
rupted. 
(2) Char. vociferus, Enl. 286; Wils. VII, lix, 6;—Char. tndiaee Lath. ;—Char. 
Azarai, T., Col. 184;—Char. melanops, Vieill., Gal. 235, or Ch. nigrifrons, Cuy. 
Col. 47, 1 Olt Wilsonii, Wils. 1X, Ixiii, 5—Add, of closely allied species, 
although without collars: Ch. peewarius, T. Col. 183;—Ch. nivifrons, Cuy.;—Char. 
ruficapillus, T. Col. 47, 2;—Ch. monachus, Tem. ;—Ch. griseus, Lath. 
Add Ch. semipalmatus, Wils. VIL, pl. lix, f. 3;—Ch. melodus, Wils. ‘v; pl. 
xxvii, f. 3.’ Am. Ed. 
(3) Siesien with unarmed, scutellated feet: Char. coronatus, Enl. 800 aay, i me- 
lanocephalus, Enl. 918, Savigny, Egypt., Ois,, pl. vi, f. 4, of which Vieillot makes 
his genus Piuyzanvs, Gal, pl. xxiii—its beak is somewhat stouter than the others. 
Armed species: Char. spinosus, Enl. 801;—Ch. cayanus, Enl. 833. Species with 
wattles: Char. pileatus, Enl. 834;—Ch. bilobus, Enl. 880. 
The Char. cristatus, Edw. 47, appears to be the same as the pH 9 
(4) Tringa, or rather Trynga, the Greek name of a bird the size of a Thrush, 
which frequents the shores of rivers, and is constantly moving its tail, Arist. It 
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