CHARADRIIN^. CHARADRIUS. 
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317. 2. Charadriusmarmoratus, Wagler. American Golden 
Plover. 
Plate CCC. Adult in summer, winter, and spring. 
Bill black, feet bluish-grey. In summer the upper part of head, 
fore part of back, and scapulars variegated with brownish-black and 
bright yellow, the latter in spots along the edges of the feathers ; rump 
with smaller spots, two on each feather ; quills and coverts dark grey- 
ish-brown, secondaries paler, the inner margined with yellowish- white 
spots, the smaller coverts spotted with the same ; tail-feathers greyish- 
brown, faintly banded with paler, the two central with marginal yel- 
lowish-spots ; a broad band of white across the forehead and over the 
eyes, and extending along the side of the neck ; the rest of the lower 
parts brownish-black, excepting the lower tail-coverts, which are 
chiefly white, the lateral banded or spotted with black, and the axil- 
lary and lower wing-coverts, which are light grey. In winter, the 
upper parts are blackish-brown, marked with small yellow spots, the 
lower parts pale grey, passing behind into greyish-white, the neck and 
breast streaked with greyish-brown. This species, which closely re- 
sembles Charadrius pluvialis, is distinguishable by having the tarsus 
slightly longer, the toes somewhat shorter, and the axillar feathers al- 
ways light grey, they being white in that species, which very probably 
exists in North America, although I am not at present in possession 
of specimens, and cannot with certainty describe it as belonging to 
that country. 
Adult, 10|, 22|. 
Migrates southward in autumn and winter in vast flocks, from the 
northern regions, resting by the way, both in the interior and along 
the coast. Breeds on the Northern Barren Grounds, and islands of the 
Arctic Sea. 
Charadrius marmoratus, Wagleb, Syst. Avium. 
Golden Plover, Charadrius pluvialis, Wils. Amer. Om. v. vii. p. 71. Winter, 
Charadrius pluvialis, Bonap. Syn. p. 297. 
Charadrius pluvialis. Golden Plover, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 623. 
American Golden Plover, Charadrius marmoratus, Ann. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 57 5. 
318. 3. Charadrius vociferus, Linn. Kildeer Plover. 
Plate CCXXV. Male and Female. 
Tail rather long, much rounded ; bill black, feet light greyish-blue, 
hind part of tarsus pale flesh-colour ; upper part of head, fore part of 
back, smaller wing-coverts, and inner secondary quills brownish-olive ; 
rump orange-red ; lower parts white ; a brown band from the base of 
the bill, under the eye, to the occiput ; over this a white band on the 
forehead, and extending behind the eye, where it is tinged with light 
red ; surmounted by a brownish-black band between the eyes ; on the 
neck two broad rings, the upper white, the lower black, succeeded 
