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shore consists of small gravel or shingle; such are most of 
the smaller species. Except during the season of reproduction, 
most of them live in societies, larger or of less amount, ac- 
cording to the species. Their migrations are also performed in 
numerous bodies, the old birds usually congregating by them- 
selves, and preceding the young in their periodical flights. 
They run with much swiftness, as might be expected from 
the simple structure of their feet ; and from the shape and 
dimensions of their wings, they fly with strength and rapi- 
dity. They live on worms, insects, and their larvae, &c., and 
most of them are nocturnal feeders, as indicated by their 
large and prominent eyes. They are subject to the double 
moult, and the change at the different seasons is in many 
species very marked. Their nest is on the ground, and their 
eggs are always four in number. The flesh of the larger 
species, and such as inhabit the plains of the interior, is deli- 
cate and high flavoured ; but in many of the smaller kinds 
that live on the coast, or on the banks of rivers, it is not so 
palatable. 
GOLDEN PLOVER. 
Cuaraprius Piuvia.is, Linn. 
PLATE XXXVII. 
Charadrius Pluvialis, Linn. Syst. 1. 254. 7.—Gmel. Syst. 1. 688.—Lath. Ind. 
Orn. 2. 740. sp. 1. var. B.—Briss. Orn. 5. 43. 1. t. 4. f. 1.—Shaw’s Zool. 
1]. 464. pl. 34.—Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 113. sp. 163. 
Pluvialis viridis, Raii Syn. 111. A. 2.—Will. 289. t. 57. 
Le Pluvier doré, Buff: Ois. 8. 81.—Id. Pl. Enl. 904.— Temm. Man. d’Ornith. 
2. 535. 
Goldregen Pfeifer, Bechst. Naturg. Deut, 4. 395.—Meyer, Tasschenb. 
Deut. 2. 318. 
Golden Plover, Br. Zool. 2. 474. No. 208.—Arct. Zool. 2. 399.— Will. 
(Angl.) 308.—Lath. Syn. 5. 193. 1.—Jd. Sup. 252.—Mont. Ornth. Dict. 
Id. Sup.— Bewick’s Br. Birds, Ed. 1826. p. t. 367.—Pult. Cat. Dorset, 16. 
Green Plover, Low's Faun. Orcad. 88.— Flem. Br. Anim. 2. 113, sp. 163. 
Charadrius Africanus, Linn. Syst. 254. 6.—Gmel.. Syst. 1. 687.—Lath. 
Ind. Ornith. 2. 742. sp. 5. but not all the synonyms.—Shaw’s Zool. 11. 
466, but not Wilson’s Synonyms. 
Alwargrim Plover, Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 398.—Lath. Syn. 5. 198. 5.— 
Shaw's Zool. 11. 466. 
ProvinciaL.—-Grey Plover, Whistling Plover, Black-bellied’ Plover. 
Summer 
plumage. 
