PLoveEr. GRALLATORES. CHARADRIUS. 235 
I have, upon dissection, found in their stomachs and gullet 
during the summer season. It runs very fast, and when 
wounded is difficult to be caught without the aid of a dog.— 
Upon the continent these birds are abundant during the time 
of their migrations, as in Holland, parts of France, Germany, 
&c. In Sardinia they winter in immense flocks, as well as 
in other countries of the south of Europe, retirimg in the 
summer to high northern latitudes of Asia and Europe to 
breed. 
Pirate 37. Shows the Golden Plover of the natural size, in 
both the winter and summer plumage. 
Crown of the head, hind part of the neck, back, wing-coverts, 
and scapulars, brownish-black, or very deep hair-brown, 
each feather having triangular marginal spots, and the 
tip of king’s-yellow. Tail deep hair-brown, with ob- 
lique bars of pale king’s yellow. Quills hair-brown, 
with the anterior part of the shafts of the first five white. 
Forehead, cheeks, and eye-streak yellowish-white, streak- 
ed and spotted with pale hair-brown and grey. Chin 
and throat white. Fore part of the neck, breast, sides, 
and flanks ash-grey, tinged in parts with king’s yellow, 
and spotted and streaked with darker grey. Belly, ab- 
domen, and under tail-coverts, white. Long axillary 
feathers beneath the wings pure white. Legs and toes 
deep grey. 
During the breeding season the cheeks, chin, throat, auricu- 
lars, fore part of the neck, list down the centre of the 
breast, belly, and abdomen are of an intense black. Fore- 
head, eye-streak, and the marginal line bordering the 
black upon the neck and breast, pure white. Sides of 
the breast marbled with king’s-yellow and black. Sides 
and flanks white, marbled with pale hair-brown and 
yellow. Under tail-coverts white, the lateral ones being 
tinged with yellow and obliquely barred with hair- 
brown. Upper parts of the body having the black more 
General 
descrip- 
tion. 
Winter 
plumage. 
Summer 
plumage. 
