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outer web also ; the secondaries brown, edged and tipped with 
white the bases of the inner webs also white j the innermost 
secondaries like the back ; lower back and rump dusky-brown, 
with white spots and fringes on the feathers ; upper tad-covert i 
and tail-feathers white, barred with black or blackish-brov n, 
the bars decreasing towards the outer feathers, being broken 
up into spots on the outer web ; crown of head like the back, 
but more hoary- white and less spotted with black ; forehead 
and a broad eyebrow white, extending down the sides ot the 
neck, and forming a large patch on the sides of the upper 
breast : lores, side of face, ear-coverts, and under surface ot 
body black, excepting the abdomen and under tail-coycrts, 
which are pure white; under wing-coverts white ; axillancs 
black; quills below dusky, white on the inner webs; lower 
primary-coverts pale ashy ; bill, feet, and claws black ; ins 
dark hazel. Total length, 10-5 inches ; culmen, 1-3; wing, 
8-1 ; tail, 2-9 ; tarsus, i'8. 
Adult I’emalo.— Similar to the male, but never quite so much 
spamded with black on the upper surface, so that the general 
appearance is somewhat browner ; the black on the face and 
under parts is never so much developed, and consequently 
these parts are nev'er so unifo m black, but are more mottled 
with black than the male. Total length, 11 inches; culmen, 
1-3 ; wing, 8'o ; tail, a’q ; tarsus, i'8. 
Winter Plumage — The chief difference between the summer 
and winter dress of the Grey Plover lies in the absence of 
black on the face and breast during the latter season. 1 he 
whole upper surface is more uniform ashy-brown, the feathers 
edn'ed with whitish, and having a sub terminal blackish shade ; 
lores and an indistinct eyebrow white ; ear-coverts dingy- 
black ; sides of face white, streaked with dusky ; throat and 
under-parts white, the lower throat and fore-neck pale ashy- 
brown, slightly mottled with dusky markings ; under wing- 
coverts white ; axi/laries black. 
Young Birds. — Resemble the adults in winter plumage, but are 
spanned with golden buff above, so that they resemble the 
Goldlm Plover, from which, however, the Grey Plover can 
always be distinguished, at any age, by its Mack axillaries. 
Range outside tls British Islandr.— Although a certain number 
