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ranging to Argentina and Chile. On migration it occurs 

 in Greenland, the Bermudas, and California, and has been 

 ■obtained once on Heligoland. 



Charadrius dominicus fulvus. Eastern 

 Golden Plovek. 



"Charadrius fulvus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. pt. 2, 1789. 

 p. 687 : Tahiti. 



Charadrius fulvus (Gmel) ; B. O. TI. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 157. 

 <Jharadrius dominicus Miill. ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 



1896, p. 195 (part.); Satmders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, 



p. 549 (part.). 



Fulvus = tawny. 



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

 tasoccm-red about four times : — Surrey, Nov. 1870 ; Leaden- 

 hall Market, said to have come from Norfolk, Dec. 1874 ; 

 •Orkney Islands, Nov. 1887 ; six seen and three obtained, 

 Hurstmonceaux, Sussex, April 1914. 



General Distribution. — The Eastern Golden Plover breeds 

 in Siberia, from the Yenesei eastwards to Bering sea and 

 Alaska, and southwards to the plains of Mongolia. In winter 

 it visits China, Japan, India, and the Malay i-egion, ranging 

 to Australia, New Zealand, and Polynesia. It has occurred 

 in Heligoland, Poland, Spain, Italy, Malta, and Algeria. 



Oenus SQUATAROLA Leach, Syst. C:at. Mamm. & Birds 

 in Brit. Mus. 181t;, p. 29. 



Type : S. squatarola (Linn.). 



Squatdrdla, the Italian name ; of uncertain origin. 



Squatarola squatarola. Gkey Plovee. 



Tringa squatarola Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 175.S, p. 149 : 



Sweden. 



Squatarola helvetica (Linn.) ; B. O. TJ. List, 1st ed. 1S53, p. 158; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 189(3, p. 182 ; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 551. 



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