CHARADRIUS PLUVIALIS. 
GOLDEN PLOFER, 
Generic Character. 
Bill ftraight, rather enlarged towards the tip, 
Noftrils linear. 
Toes three forward* 
Synonyms. 
Charadrius PLUVIALIS. Lifi. Syfl. 1. 254. 7. Ind, 
Orn, 2. p, 740. 1, 
Golden or Green Plover. Br. ZooL 2. 208. tab. 
72. lh,fol 128. Arei, ZooL 2. 399. 
Lath, Syn, 5. p. 193. 1. Supt.p, 252. 
Mont. Orn. Bi5i. Vol. 2. Bewick's 
Br. Birds^ Ft. 1, 302. 
nr 
A HIS fpecies is about eleven inches in length, twenty- 
^ three in breadth, and weighs nearly eight ounces. Bill an 
inch long, fomewhat fwoilen near the tip ; the bafe of the 
gape fquare ; irides 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 perfedion ; the 
female ufually lays as foon as the black feathers arrive at 
maturity. 
The Golden Plover is found in moft parts of the known 
world ^ in this country, they frequent extenfive downs, heaths. 
