268 TiMEHRl. 



white colouring throughout, the greenish-yellow mottling 

 being scarcely evident on the rump, and the brown of the 

 quills of the wings very slightly indicated in small patches. 

 Unfortunately, owing to the carelessness of the taxider- 

 mist to whom it was given by me for preservation, the 

 specimen was lost. 



The American Golden Plovers are known to breed 

 high up in the Arftic regions of North America, from 

 Alaska to Greenland, whither they pass in the early 

 spring through the United States and Canada. At the 

 end of summer, after breeding, they migrate in parties, 

 the greater number of the young birds apparently passing 

 southwards through the United States, by an overland 

 route, during August and September, while the greater 

 number of the older birds start out southwards by a 

 sea route, past the Bermudas, thence to the West India 

 Islands and South America, in which latter continent 

 they are found as far south as Buenos Ayres. After 

 their extremely long sea journey, it is said they are some- 

 times so exhausted and tame when they reach the West 

 Indies that they can be knocked down with sticks and 

 stones. 



Closely allied to the Golden Plover, is the Turnstone 

 (Strepsilas interpres), locally known as the White- 

 winged Plover. This bird varies so much in plumage 

 that its different forms might often be held to be distin6l 

 by the uninitiated. The chief points by which it may 

 be recognised are easy to note. The bill is slightly 

 shorter than the head, black, straight, and like an attenu- 

 ated blunt cone. The feet are reddish orange, and the 

 toes four in number, the hind toe being present. Length 

 of bird about 9^ inches. 



