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Charadrius apricarius. Golden Plover. 



Charadrius apricarius Linncms, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 150 : 



Sweden. 



Charadrius pluvialis Linn. ; B. 0. TJ. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 157 ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 1896, p. 191; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 547. 



Apricarius = sunny, or lying in the sun. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Resident, breeding 

 conamonly on the moorlands, especially in the north o£ 

 Scotland and the adjacent islands, and less numerously in 

 Somersetshire and Devonshire. In autumn and winter it is 

 more plentiful and widely distributed on the lower ground, 

 its numbers being greatl)- augmented by continental birds 

 which remain till March and April. 



General Distribution. — The Golden Plover breeds in Ice- 

 land, the Faeroes, and in northern and central Europe, 

 eastwards across western Siberia to the Yenesei. In winter 

 it visits north Africa, the Azores and the Canary Islands, and 

 wanders as far east as Sind. 



Charadrius dominicus. American Golden 

 Plover. 



Charadrius dominicus 1'. L. S. Mailer, Natursyst. Suppl. 

 1776, p. 116 : S. Domingo, W. Indies. 



Charadrius dominicus Miill. ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. IL xxiv. 1896, 

 p. 195 (part.); Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 549 (part.). 



Dominicus = belonging to S. Domingo in the West Indies, where it was 

 first discovered. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Rare Visitor. It 

 has occurred about four times : — Leadenhall Market, autumn 

 1882 ; Perthshire, Aug. 1883 ; co. Mayo, Sept. 1894 ; Essex 

 Aug. 1896. 



General Distribution. — The American Golden Plover breeds 

 in Alaska and Arctic North America, from Kotzebue Sound 

 to north-western Hudson Bay. It winters in South America 



