£52 GREY PLOVER, Clafs II. 



a refplendent black blue and green : the greater quil- 

 feathers black, but the ends of the four firfl are 

 marked with a white fpot : the upper half of the lefTer 

 quil-feathers are black, the lower white : thofe next 

 .the body of the fame colors with the fcapulars : the 

 breaft and belly are white : the vent-feathers and the 

 toverts of the tail orange color : the tail confifts of 

 twelve feathers % the outmoft on each fide is white, 

 marked on the upper end of the inner web with a 

 dulky fpot ; the upper half of all the others are black, 

 tipt with a dirty white ; their lower half of a pure 

 ivhite : the legs are red : the irides hazel. 



The female is rather lefs than the male. 



Merret, in his Pinax> p. 182. fays, that there is irs 

 Cornwal a bird related to this ; but lefs than a thrulhj 

 having blue feathers % and a long crefi:. 



II. The GREY PLOVER, 



Le ptuvier gris. Be Ion a<v. 262. Vannellus grifeus, le Vanneatf 

 pjvier montano. Aldr. a-v. iii. gris. Brijfon 'av. v. 100. tab, 



207. % 9'M- l ' 



Wil. orn, 309. Piviero montano. 7.inan. 102. 



Bail fyn. a-v. ill. ifc/v^fl/W'.rFloyte-Tytei^DolkeiU 

 Tringa fquatarola. Lin.fyji. 252. Brunmch 176. 



Faun. Suec, fp. 186. Br.Zool.122. 



Defer. T T weighs feven ounces : the length to the tip of 

 JL the tail is twelve inches : the breadth twenty-four: 

 the bill black, about an inch long -, the head, back, 

 and coverts of the wings black, edged with greenifh 

 alh-color, and fome white : the cheeks and throat 

 •white, marked with oblong dufky fpots : the belly 



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