PLOVER. 



though not in plenty, in all the fouthern lakes, feeding on mol- 

 Infca, and the buds of black-berried heath : it arrives in fpring ; 

 and after breeding retires fouthward. It is alfo found in all the 

 arctic parts of Rujfia and Sibiria. In America t at Hudfon's Bay, it 

 is well known by the name of Hawk's Eye. Comes to New York 

 in May ; breeds there, departing in collected flocks the end of 

 October. It is probably met with alfo in Guiana, where Bancroft 

 fays it is feen in vaft flocks near the mouths of rivers. The fieflx 

 is thought to be delicious. 



199 



Charadrius vociferus, Lin. Syft. i. p. 253. 3. 



Le Pluvier a collier de Virginie, Brif. Qrn. v. p. 68. g. 



Xildiry Buf. Oif. viii. p. g6. 



Chattering Plover, or Kill-deer, CateJb.Car. i. pi. 71. 



Noify Plover, ArB. Zool. N° 400. 



Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



•f- NOISY PL- 



C I Z E of a Snipe : length nine inches and three quarters. Bill 

 above an inch long, and black : eyelids red : eyes black : the 

 forehead is white : between the eyes, acrofs the head, a bar of 

 black, paffing on, each fide to the hind head : the chin and fore 

 part of the neck is white ; at the lower part of the neck the white 

 encircles it like a ring, and is accompanied by a bar of black all 

 round : on the bread is another black bar j and, except thefe, all 

 the under parts are white : the hind part of the head, neck, and 

 upper part of the body and wings, are dufky brown : rump rufty 

 orange ; the feathers very long : fome of the feathers which fall 

 over the greater quills fringed with white ; the laft black ,- a 

 few of the outer ones have white fhafts : tail the colour of the 



" rump,. 



Description. 



