474 GOLDEN PLOVER. Class II. 



XXXII. BILL ftrait, no longer than the head 



PLOVER. NOSTRILS linear. 



TONGUE 



TOES, wants the hind toe. 



208. Golden. Le Pluvier Guillemot. JBclon Dalekarlis Akerhona, Lappis 



az\ 260. Hutti. Faun. Suec.jp. 190. 



Pluvialis. Gefncr a<v. 714. Pluvialis aurea,le Pluvier dore. 



Pivier. Aldr. ay. III. 206. Brijpm a<v. V. 43. Tab. 4. 



Wil. cm. 308. fig. 1. 



Rcii Jyn. a-v. in. Piviero verde. Zinan. 102. 



Brachhennl. Kram. 354. Norvegu Akerloe, Cimbris 



Rechter Brachvogel. Frifch, Brok-FugU Brunnicb, 187. 



II. 21;. Br. Zool. 128. 



Charadrius Pluvialis. Lin, 

 Jyjh 254. 



THIS elegant fpecies is often found on our 

 moors and heaths, in the winter time, in 

 Pescrip. fmail flocks. Its weight is nine ounces : its length 

 eleven inches : its breadth twenty-four : the bill is 

 fhort and black : the feathers on the head, back, 

 and coverts of the wings are black, beautifully 

 fpotted on each fide with light yellowifh green : 

 the bread brown, marked with greenifh oblong 

 ilrokes : the belly white : the middle feathers of 

 the tail barred with black and yellowifh green : 

 the reft with black and brown : the legs black. 

 We have obferved fome variety in thefe birds, but 

 cannot determine whether it is owing to age or fex: 



we 



