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APPENDIX. 



[No. V. 



the body are brown, and the under white, the neck is surrounded by a ring of 

 white, below which is a similar band of black feathers. 



Charadrius Hiaticula. Large Ringed Plover. 



Ringed Plovers are abundant in all parts of North America ; extending also to 

 Greenland and the lands contiguous to Lancaster Sound ; in Europe, they are 

 equally common. We have here to notice a circumstance of rare occurrence ; 

 Wilson's figure is very defective, and does not accord with his description. M. 

 Tern mi nek has taken much pains to describe and separate the different species 

 of Charadrius, which may be generally termed Ringed Plovers, to the first of which 

 the specimens now received belong. They are subject to considerable variation in 

 minute particulars, as respects the size and intensity of the dark bands on their 

 heads and necks, as well as the proportions of white on the feathers of the tail. 

 Latham's description of this species, in his Synopsis, is particularly clear and correct.. 

 The specimens received, though agreeing with the accounts referred to, are smaller. 



V annllus Melanogastir. Grey Plover. 



The specimen of this species is in the varied state which the mature birds exhibit, 

 in the progress of change from the winter dress to that of the breeding season r 

 the breast is mottled with black and white ; it ultimately becomes black, and in 

 winter, white. The Grey Plover breeds inland, but resorts, at other times, to 

 estuaries and mouths of great rivers. It is figured by Wilson, and his representa- 

 tion and description are both correct ; but he has applied to it the names we 

 have mentioned as belonging to the Golden Plover in its summer plumage, viz., 

 that of Charadrius Apricarius, or Alwagrim Plover. This species, like many others 

 which have different plumage at different seasons, has received various names: 

 it has been called, in its winter state, Tringa Squatarola, or Grey Sand-piper, and 

 in its summer dress, Tringa Helvetica, or Swiss Sand-piper : as the first, it is well 

 known on the south-eastern coast of Great Britain. M. Temminck has proposed the 

 transfer of this bird, and its congener, the Lapwing, to the genus where it is now 

 placed, which was formerly established by Brisson. 



Strepsilas Coll arts. Turnstone. 



A specimen, obtained in the neighbourhood of York Factory, was received. It is 

 in a state of change approaching maturity, having some of the deep orange-red 

 feathers, which indicate a bird in perfect plumage, mixed with brown feathers on the 

 back. Turnstones are found in various and remote parts of the world ; they were 

 observed to breed at Melville Island, and are met with in all parts of North and South. 

 America, as well as in Europe, and are also said to be natives of Africa. 



