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south as Natal and the Cape. The Siberian birds appear to pass through Turkestan on 

 migration, a few remaining to winter in Baluchistan ; but the greater number probably 

 migrate as far as Africa. It is a common summer visitor to Iceland and the Faroes, 

 but has been erroneously recorded from Greenland (Reinhardt, Ibis, 1861, p. 9). 



Its nearest ally is the Asiatic Golden Plover (C./ulvus). 



Although the Golden Plover breeds on the mountains and moors, it is a coast bird in Seasonal 

 winter, and to enable it to feed in such an exposed situation with impunity it loses its black " " : 

 breast in autumn. 



CHARADRIUS FULVUS 



ASIATIC GOIDEN PLOVER. 



Charadrius Cauda fasciata, axillaribus fumosis. Diagnosis. 



American Golden Plovers differ slightly from most Asiatic examples, and may be regarded Variations, 

 as subspecifically distinct. 



Charadrius fulvus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 687 (1788) . Synonymy. 



Charadrius xanthocheilus, Wagler, Syst. Av. p. 68 (1827). 



Charadrius taitensis, Lesson, Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 321 (1828). 



Charadrius glaucopus, Lichtenstein, Forster's Descr. Anirn. It. Mar. Austr. p. 176 (1844). 



Charadrius pluvialis orientalis, Temminck et Schlegel, Faun. Japon. p. 104 (1847). 



Pluvialis longipes, Tsmm., fide .. 



Pluvialis xanthocheilus (Wagl.), ( A ir r , 1Q xc\ 



_, . .. . . , r \ \Bonap. Compt. Rend. xlm. p. 417 (18o6). 



Pluvialis taitensis {Less.), \ 



Pluvialis fulvus (GmeL), ' 



Charadrius dominicus fulvus, Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 198 (1880). 



Plates. — Jardine & Selby,IH. Orn.ii. pi. lxxxv. ; Gould, Birds of Australia, vi. pi. 13; Dresser, Literature. 



Birds of Europe, vii. pis. 516, 517. 

 Habits. — Seebohm, British Birds, iii. p. 40. 

 Eggs. — Seebohm, British Birds, pi. 25. fig. 5. 



The Asiatic Golden Plover may easily be distinguished from all its congeners (except Specific 

 from its nearest ally in America) by its barred taildiaA. grey axillaries. 



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