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CHARADRIUS PLUVIALIS. 



GOLDEN PLOVER. 



Generic Character. 



Bill ftraight, rather enlarged towards the tip, 

 Noftrils linear. 

 Toes three forward. 



Synonyms. 



Charadrius pluvialis. Lin. Syfl. i. 254. 7. Ind. 



Golden or Green Plover. Br. Zool. 2. 208. tab. 



JL H I S fpecies is about eleven inches in length, twenty- 

 three in breadth, and weighs nearly eight ounces. Bill an 

 inch long, fomewhat fwollen near the tip ; the bafe of the 

 gape fquare ; hides hazel. The colours of the female are 

 confiderably lighter than thofe of the male ; in the fpring both 

 fexes have the lower part of the breaft black, thefe feathers 

 begin to appear in March, and in May attain perfection ; the 

 female ufually lays as foon as the black feathers arrive at 

 maturity. 



The Golden Plover is found in moil parts of the known 

 world ; in this country, they frequent extenfive downs, heaths, 



and 



Orn. 2. p. 740. 1. 



72. Ib.fol. 128. Ar£l. Zool. 2. 399. 

 Lath. Syn. 5. p. 193. 1. Supt.p. 252. 

 Mont. Orn. Dici. Vol. 2. Bewick's 

 Br. Birds, Pt. 1. p. 302. 



