PLATE XLV. 



CHARADRIUS PLUVIALIS. 

 GOLDEN PLOVER. 



G R A L L JE. 



Bill roundifh. Tongue entire, flefhy. Thighs naked. Toes 

 divided. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill ftrait, obtufe. Noftrils linear. Toes three, all placed for- 

 wards. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Upper fide of the plumage dufky ; fpotted with greenifh yellow* 

 Beneath white. Legs black. 



Charadrius Pluvialis. Pedibus cinereis, corpore nigro viri- 



dique maculato, fubtus albido. — 

 Linn. Syji. Nat. 2* 151. 79. 8* 

 edit. 10. 

 Pluvialis aurea,lepluvierdore. Brif. av. v. 43. tab. 4. fig. 1. 



Buff. Oif. 8. p. 81. pi. 5.— Pi. enh 

 904. 

 Green Plover* Rati Syn. p. lit. A. 2. 190. 9* 



Albin. I. pi. 75. 

 Will. Orn. 308. pi. 57. 

 Sloan. Jam. p. 318. 10. pi. 269. 7. 



h Golden 



