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GOLDEN PLOVER 



GEEEN PLOVEE. YELLOW PLOVER. 



Charadrius plurialis, ..... ~Lnrssexs&. 



Squatarola plurialis, ..... Selbt. 



Plutier dare, ..... TiararxcK. 



Charadriu-s. Charadra — A furrow or chasm, from its frequenting such places. Plurialis — Rainy, or 



denoting rain. 



This handsome bird is one of the most generally known and esteemed of the true 

 Plovers; being a permanent resident, it becomes extensively known from its frequenting 

 different districts in winter, and in the breeding-season; and in suitable localities is every- 

 where abundant, particularly in wild districts where it has ample opportunities for 

 nidification and procuring food. They are, we believe, pretty generally distributed over 

 the countrv; we have met with them on the wild moor-land in the south-west of Dorset; 

 they occur also in various other parts of the south of England — -in Somersetshire and 

 Oxfordshire, but become more numerous to the north, occurring in Yorkshire and the 

 neighbouring counties in tolerable abundance, and are by no means uncommon in the 

 York market. 



Mr. G-oafley, of Chipping Norton, states that "these birds come in considerable 

 flocks, in November or December, and spend some time during the winter months upon 

 the higher grounds in the neighbourhood, particularly the fields of Chadlington and 

 Dean, between this town and Charlbury, and leave again early in spring;" and it is 

 mentioned by Mr. Briggs, of Melbourne, in Derbyshire, that he has seen a few in his 

 district in August, September, and February, but that they only stay a few clays, being 

 apparently on their migration, and merely remaining to recruit their strength. They are 

 not very shy, and visit the margins of the Trent, "frecpienting the shallows, where they 

 may be seen running lightly along the shore, to pick up insects amongst the pebbles, and 

 wading knee-deep in the river, occasionally upturning a stone for the food beneath." 



In Scotland and the Hebrides it is extremely abundant. It is also of frequent occur- 

 rence in Sutherland, and in the Orkneys and Shetland. 



