Ordee LIMICOLjE.] 
[Fam. CHARADEIID.E. 
CHAEADRIUS FIJLVUS. 
(EASTERN GOLDEN PLOVER.) 
Fulvous Plover, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 211 (1785). 
Charadrius fulvus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 687 (1788, ex Lath.). 
Charadrius pluvialis, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 187 (1822). 
Charadrius xanthoclieilus, Wagl. Syst. Av. Charadrius, sp. 36 (1827, ex Lath.). 
Charadrius faitensis, Less. Man. d’Orn. ii. p. 321 (1828). 
Charadrius virginianus, Jarcl. & Selby, 111. Orn. ii. pi. Ixxxv. (c. 1830). 
Charadrius glaiteopis, Forster, Descr. Anim. p. 176 (1844). 
Charadrius virginicus, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 262 (1849, nec Borkh.). 
^^Pluvialis longipes, Temm.,” Bonap. C. K. xliii. p. 417 (1856). 
Pluvialis xanthocheilus, id. torn. cit. p, 417 (1856). 
Pluvialis taitensis, id. tom. cit. p. 417 (1856). 
Pluvialis fulvus, id. tom. cit. p. 417 (1856). 
Charadrius auratus, Schrenk, Reis. Amurl. Vog. p. 410 (1860). 
Ad. Mem. supr^ brunneus, pluinis ochrascenti-fulvo ubique marginatis : collo postico cinerascente : tectricibus 
alarum cinerascenti-brunneis, albido et pallide ochraceo maculatis, majoribus magis conspicue albo terminatis ; 
remigibus brunneis, versus apicem nigricautibus, secundariis elongatis extbs ocbrascenti-fulvo maculatis, 
remigibus minoribus anguste albo terminatis : reetricibus cinerascenti-brunneis, albo terminatis, exterioribus 
satnrate brnnneo variis : loris albicantibus : facie lateral! et supercilio indistincto ocbrascenti-albis, brunneo 
notatis, regione parotica saturatiiis brunne^l : subtus albescens, pectore superiore et lateral! fumoso, 
ochrascenti-fulvo lavato : subalaribus et axillaribus pallide fumosis : rostro nigro : pedibus plumbeis : iride 
fuseb. 
Ad. (Bstiv. pectore nigro distinguendus : supercilio lato cum collo et pectore lateralibus albis, his nigro notatis. 
Adult in winter. Crown of the head, hind part of neck, and all the upper surface brownish black, each feather 
marked on both webs with rounded spots of pale golden yellow ; on the nape these yellow markings are 
confluent, and on the scapulars they are paler, these feathers having likewise a terminal margin of yellowish 
white ; lower part of forehead, sides of face, and throat fulvous white ; ear-coverts dark brown ; fore neck 
tawny white, largely mottled and spotted with bi’own ; the rest of the underparts fulvons white, clouded 
with brown ; lining of wings and axillary plumes pale smoky grey; quills blackish brown, with white shafts ; 
the long inner secondaries with a series of triangular yellow spots along the outer edge of both webs ; wing- 
coverts greyish brown, margined with yeRowish white ; tail-feathers blackish brown, tootbed on both webs, 
and terminally margined with yellowish white. Irides dark brown; bill black; legs and feet plumbeous. 
Length 10 inches ; wing, from flexure, 6 75 ; tail 2'5 ; bill, along the ridge '9, along the edge of lower 
mandible 1 ; bare tibia 1 ; tarsus 1'6 ; middle toe and claw 1’25. 
Adult in summer. Upper parts darker, and with the golden spots larger and more conspicuous ; a band across 
the forehead, and continued over the eyes down the sides of the neck, fulvous white ; throat, cheeks, fore 
neck, breast, and abdomen black, with a few white feathers intermixed ; sides of the body white, varied with 
black ; inner lining of wings and axillary plumes smoky grey ; under tail-coverts white, with irregular 
transverse bars of black. 
