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ORD. I. GENUS VII. PLOVER. 



Bill, (lender, and blunt. 

 Nostrils, narrow. 

 Toes, three, all forward. 



SPECIES I. GREEN PLOVER. 

 PI. 182. 



Charadrius pluvialis. Lin. Syft. I. p. 254. 

 Le Pluvier dore. Brif. Orn. V. p. 43. 



This elegant fpecies is about ten or eleven inches, long, twenty-four in 

 breadth, and weighs nine ounces. The bill is duiky : eyes, dull red : the plu- 

 mage on the upper parts is black, beautifully fpotted with greenifh yellow : 

 round the eyes, chin, and forehead, nearly white : belly, white : tail, barred 

 with black, and yellowifh green : legs, black. 



The male and female are much alike, but individuals vary much : in fome 

 the belly is black, in others marked with black and white, changing with the 

 feafon : and in fome birds a fmall claw has been obferved in lieu of a hind toe. 



This bird is found with us the whole year, and breeds in the mountainous 

 parts, often among the heath. The female lays four eggs, for the reprefenta- 

 tion of which fee PI. XXXIX. Fig. 3. 





