GREY PLOVER 
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All these species exhibit greater or less changes 
in plumage, in the direction of brilliancy in the 
breeding-season and dullness at other times. The 
Grey Plover, as we see it in the Southern Hemisphere, 
has a uniform plain grey colouration ; in summer 
the male has a striking black throat and chest. It is 
quite possible that from time to time birds of this 
species, as well as other migrant Waders, may be 
found in Australia exhibiting full summer plumage ; 
these may be birds just about to make the great 
northward flight, or they may be those which for 
one reason and another have remained behind when 
the main body has gone north and have assumed 
summer dress without fulfilling the reason for it — 
that such instances occur is well known. 
We have in the Geelong Museum the only example 
of the Grey Plover which I have seen from the district. 
It was shot by Mr. L. Buckland in February, 1893, 
at Mud Island, when in company with a number of 
Lesser Golden Plover. 
GOLDEN PLOVEB 
Pluvialis dominicus fulvus 
As we usually see this bird, it is of buff-coloured 
plumage mottled all over with brown, presenting a 
generally spangled appearance. In the northern 
summer the under surface is of a jet black, margined 
with a white line. The total length is 10 inches. 
