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as hatched, and are fed with worms, which, indeed, appear to be the 

 principal nourishment at all times, with the addition of snails and 

 insects, though both gravel and seed have been found in the stomach; 

 it has a shrill whistling note, not much unlike that of the Thick- 

 kneed Bustard,* sometimes that of the Curlew, and may be enticed 

 within gunshot by imitating their voice. 



These birds are often met with in Sweden, Denmark, Lapland, 

 Iceland, and other northern parts ; also Germany, France, Italy, and 

 Spain ; in the latter called Chorlito Cabacone, from the size of the 

 head : are very common in the markets of Andalusia and Gibraltar, 

 and much esteemed for food ; are found in Barbary, and other parts 

 of Africa ; also at Aleppo :f from thence we may trace them both to 

 India J and China ; found in Sumatra, and called Cheruting; have 

 also been met with at Batavia,§ Owhyhee,|| and York Island, in the 

 South Seas, though of a smaller size.^f 



Is not uncommon in America, on the Coast of Labrador, and at 

 Hudson's Bay, where it is called Wupusha pethayish, from thence 

 we may trace it to New York, as low as Carolina, shifting from one 

 to the other according to the season ; is found also in Georgia. 



A. — Pluvialis Dominicensis aurea, Bris. v. 48. t. 6. f. 1. Id. 8vo. ii. 224. Ind. Orn. ii. 



740. Gen. Syn. v. 194. 1. A. 

 Le Mbatuitui a poitrine rayee, Voy. d'Azara, iv. No. 389. 



Size of the former. The base of the bill and the throat rufous 

 white ; back as in the other ; upper tail coverts brown, barred with 

 pale yellow : fore part of the neck and breast pale grey, the feathers 

 edged with pale yellow; belly, thighs, and sides, white; quills 

 brown, with white shafts ; tail brown, the feathers spotted on the 

 margins with yellowish white ; legs grey. — Inhabits St. Domingo. 



* Called, in some parts, the Whistling Plover. — Nat. Calend. p. 52. 

 f Russ. Alep. J At Cawnpore. § Hawksworth's Voyage, iii. 782. 



|| Ellis's Narr. ii. 95. Also at Tongataboo.— Coo&'s last Voyage. 

 ^f A drawing of one 11 inches long, from New South Wales ; legs blue.— Francil/on. 

 tol. ix. S s 



