93 



GOLDEN PLOVER, 



Class Ih 



GENtJS VIL PLOVER. 



Bill strait, not longer than the head. 



Nostrils linear. 



Toes : wants the hind toe. 



1. Golden. Charadrius pluvialis. Ch. cor- 

 pore nigro viridique macu- 

 lato subtus albido, pedibus 

 cinereis. Lath. Ind. orn. 

 740. id. Syn. v. IQS. id. 

 Sup. i. 252. 



Le Pluvier Guillemot. Belon 

 av. 260. 



Pluvialis. Gesner av. 714. 



Pivier. Aldr. av. iii. 206. 



WiL orn. 308. 



J?aii Syn. au. 111. 



Brachhennl. Kram. 354. 



JJechter Brachvogel. Frisch, 

 ii. 217. 



Charadrius Pluvialis. Gm. Lin. 



688. 

 Dalekarlis Akerhona, Lappis 



Hutti. Faun. Suec. sp. igO. 

 Pluvialis aurea, le Pluvier dore. 



Brisson av. v. 43. Tab. 4. 



Jig. 1. Hist, d'ois. viii. 81. 



PL Enl. g04. 

 PIviero verde. Zinan. 102. 

 Norvegis Akerloe, Cimlris 



Brok-Fugl. Brunnich, 187- 

 Br. Zool. 128. Arcf. Zool. ii. 



190. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



X HIS elegant species is often found on our 

 moors and heaths, in the av inter time, in small 

 flocks. Its weight is nine ounces ; its length 

 eleven inches ; its breadth twenty-four. The bill 

 is short and black ; the feathers on the head, 

 back, and coverts of the wings, are black, beau- 

 tifully spotted on each side with light yellowish 



