Family CHARADRIID^. Genus Charadrius. 



Subfamily CharadriiNjE. 



AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER. 



CHARADRIUS FULVUS AMERICANUS— (&/;/«^°-«/). 



Geographical Distribution. — BrUish: Two examples of 

 this race of the Asiatic Golden Plover have been obtained in the 

 British Islands, although, unfortunately, the same remarks apply 

 to one of them as to one of the examples of the Asiatic 

 form — viz., that it was obtained in Leadenhall Market (loth of 

 November, 1882); whence actually obtained a mystery (Gurney, 

 Ibis, 1883, p. 198). Fortunately a second example is much 

 more satisfactory, Mr. J. G. Millais recording {Zoologist, 1886, p. 

 26) a specimen obtained in Perthshire on the 3rd of August, 

 1883. There can be little doubt that others will eventually be 

 obtained, now that the attention of naturalists and sportsmen is 

 specially drawn to the subject. Foreign : Northern Nearctic 

 region in summer ; Neotropical region in winter. Of only acci- 

 dental occurrence in Europe; Heligoland (Seebohm, Ibis, 1877, 

 p, 165). Breeds in the Arctic regions of North America, above 

 the limits of forest growth on the tundras from Alaska to Green- 

 land ; passes Canada, the States, Bermudas, West Indies, and, in 

 smaller numbers, California, on migration ; and winters in South 

 America, south of the tropics, as far as Chili on the west and 

 Buenos Ayres on the east. 



Allied Forms. — Charadrius pluvialis, and C.fulvus, already 

 treated of in the two preceding chapters. 



Time during which the American Golden Plover may 



be taken. — August ist to March ist. 



Habits. — The habits, food, flight, notes, nest, and eggs of the 

 American Golden Plover so closely resemble those of its Old 



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