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INTRODUCTION. 
•255. Squatauola Helvetica IV, PI. XXXMI. 
Grey Plover (winter plumage and young). 
Genus Charadrius. 
The well-1 aiown Golden Plover of England may be regarded as the type of this genus as now restricted. 
About five species are known, all characterized by the flavour of their flesh and the great seasonal changes 
to which they are subject in summer and winter, and which have induced me to give two Plates illustrative 
of them. One or other of the five species inhabit most parts of the entire globe, hut are more abundant in 
the Old than in the New World. 
*250. Charadrius pluvialis Vol. IV. PI. XXXVIII. 
Golden Plover (in summer jilumage). 
A resident species. 
*257. Charadrius pluvialis .......... Vol. IV. PI. XXXIX. 
Golden Plover (in winter plumage). 
Genus xEgialophilus. 
A genus formed for the Kentish Plover and other allied species. 
*258. yEciALOPHiLus cantianus .......... Vol. IV. PI. XL. 
Kentish Plover. 
A spring and summer resident, coming here to breed in May. Common on the south coast. 
Genus A^gialitis. 
Of these little Plovers (or Ringed Dotterels, as they are more commonly called) numerous species are 
spread over both the Old and the New ’World. Two are found in Britain — one of which is stationary, the 
other an accidental visitor. 
259. iEoiALITIS HIATICULA ........... Vol. IV. PI. XLI. 
Ringed Plover. 
A resident species, abundant in most parts of the three kingdoms. 
260, tEgialitis minor ........... Vol. IV. PI. XLII. 
Little Ringed Plover. 
An occasional visitant, the native country of which is Eastern Europe, Africa, and India. 
