476 NOISY PLOVER. 



sand and shingle of the sea shore ; they vary in 

 number from three to five, and are of a yellow- 

 olive, marked with various sized irregular spots of 

 dusky brown. 



NOISY PLOVER. ^ 

 (Charadrius vociferus.) 



Ch. corpore supra griseo-Jusco suhtus albo, Jasciis pectoris colli 



frontis genarumque nigris, caiidd luted fascia mgrdj pedibus 



Jlavis, r astro nigra. 

 Plover with the body above grey-brown ; beneath white j with 



black fasciae on the breast, the neck, forehead, and cheeks ; 



the tail yellow, with a black fascia ) the feet yellow the 



beak black. 



Charadrius vociferus. Linn. Si/st. Nat. 1. 253. 3. — Gmel. Syst, 



Nat. 2. Q'65.^Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 742. Q. 

 Charadrius torquatus. Linn. Si/st. Nat. 1. 255. g.} 

 Pluvialis Virginiana torquata. Briss. Orn. 5. 68. 9. 

 Pluvialis Dominicensis torquata. Briss. Orn. 5. 70. 10. pL 6. 



Kildir. Buf. Ois. 8. q6. 



Plu\ ier a collier de St. Domingue. Buf. PL Enl. 280. 

 Chattering Plover, or Kill-Deer. Caiesb. Carol, l.pl,7i' — 



Wills. Amer. Orn. 7. 73. pi. Hx./! 6, 

 Noisy Plover. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 400. — Loth. Gen. Syn. 5. 



199. 



This species is thus described by Latham : 

 " Size of a Snipe: length nine inches and three 

 quarters : beak above an inch long, and black : 



