304 LIMICOL^. 



304. CHARADRIUS HELVETICUS. 



(GREY PLOVER.) 



Tringa helvetica, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 250 (17G6). 



The Grey Plover belongs to a small group of Plovers wMcli have 

 the tail-feathers transversely barred. In this small group it may be 

 distinguished either by its foot, which is furnished with a hind toe^ 

 or by its axillaries, which are black. 



Head of Charadrins helvetieus. Natiu'al size. 



Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, vii. pi. 517. fig. 1 (winter 

 plumage), pi. 515. fig. 2 (summer plumage). 



The Grey Plover passes the Kuriles, Japan, and the Loo-Choo 

 Islands in some numbers on the spring and autumn migration. It 

 was obtained by Dr. Henderson at Hakodadi in October 1857 

 (Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1858, p. 195), and there are 

 several examples in the Swinhoe collection from the same locality 

 (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, p. 452). There are five examples in the Pryer 

 collection from Yokohama, and one from the Loo-Choo Islands. It 

 was obtained, doubtless near Nagasaki, by the Siebold Expedition 



