THE LESSER GOLDEN PLOVER 



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Genus Charadrius. 

 No facial wattle. No spur on wing. No hind toe. 



The Lesser Golden Plover. 



Charadrius doiniii icus. 



Sub-Arotie regions south in winter to Australia, New Zealand, 

 Africa and South America. 



General colour above mottled with black, golden-buff and ashy- 

 whitish markings; tail feathers brown, barred with golden, outer feathers 

 notched with white; a frontal band, extending down the sides of the 



Lesser Golden Plover: Charadrius dominicus. 



Meyer. 



neck and joining the white along the sides of the body; sides of face 

 and throat smoky-black; breast and abdomen black; axillaries smoky- 

 brown. Total length 9 inches, culmen 0.95, wing 6.5, tail 2.4, tarsus 1.65. 



Nest a slight depression on the moss-covered ground of the 

 Tundra, in Siberia, and Northern America. Four eggs are laid, 

 which are of a pale buff colour, boldly marked with blotches of 

 dark reddish-brown. The eggs meaisure about 1.90 x 1.30 inch. 



Genus Ochthodromus. 

 Bill equal in length to middle toe. 



