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PRJECOCIAL GRALLATORES — LIMICOL^E. 
Genus CHARADRIUS, Linn^us. 
Charadrius, Linn. S. N. ed. 10, 1758, 150 ; ed. 12, 1766, 253 (type, C. apricarius, Linn.). 
Char. Similar to Squatarola, but without any trace of hind toe. Plumage also very similar, 
but form rather more slender. 
Only two species of Charadrius proper are known, one peculiar to the Palsearctic Region,' but 
occurring accidentally in Greenland ; the other spread over the remaining portions of the world, 
including the greater part of America, the islands throughout the Pacific, and the coasts of Asia. 
They differ chiefly in the color of the axillary feathers and the lining of the wings, as follows : — 
1. C. apricarius. Axillars and lining of the wing pure white. Ilah. Palaearctic Region, 
breeding in Eastern Greenland. 
2. C. dominicus. Axillars and lining of the wing smoky gray. 
a. Var. dominicus. Average dimensions : 1 Wing, 7.09 ; culmen, .92 ; tarsus, 1.70 ; middle 
toe, .90. Rab. North America generally, migrating southward ; breeding in the high 
north (including the coasts and islands of Alaska?). 
b. Yar. fulvus. Average dimensions : 2 Wing, 6.40 ; culmen, .92; tarsus, 1.72 ; middle toe, 
.90. Hah. Pacific Islands and Asia ; coast and islands of Alaska in migrations. 
Charadrius apricarius, Linn. S. I. ed. 10, I. 1758, 150; ed. 12, I. 1766, 254 . — Brehm, Yog. 
Deutschl. 1831, 541, pi. 27, iig. 3. 
Charadrius pi uvialis, Linn. S. N. ed. 10, T. 1758, 151 ; ed. 12, 1. 1766, 254. — Keys. & Blas. Wirb. 
Ear. 1840, 70. — Schleg. Rev. erit. 1844, 81. — Gray, Gen. B. III. 1849, 544 ; Cat. Brit. B. 
1863, 139. — Ridgw. Rom. F. Am. B. 1881, no. 514. — Coues, Check List, 2d ed. 1882, 
no. 583. 
Charadrius auratus, Bechst. Faturg. Deutschl. IV. 1809, 395. — Faum. Vog. Deutschl. VII. 1834, 
138, pi. 173. 
Charadrius altifrons, Brehm, t. c. 542. 
PI uvialis aurea, Macgill. Man. II. 1842, 49. 
The Golden Plover, Auer. 
IIab. Western Palsearctic Region, migrating to Africa, etc., in winter ; breeding in Eastern 
Greenland (Finsch). 
C. dominicus. 
Charadrius apricarius. 
EUROPEAN GOLDEN PLOVER. 
1 Twenty-four specimens measured. 
2 Twenty-three specimens measured. 
