SPECIES 5. CHJIRABEWS PLUVMLIS. 
GOLDEN PLOVER. 
[Plate LIX. — Fig. 5.] 
Arct. ZooL p. 493, JV*o. 399.— -Bewick, i, 522.— Le Pluvier dor^. 
Buff, viii, 81. — PL Enl. 904. — Peale’s Museum, JSTo. 4198.* 
This beautiful sjiecies visits the seacoast of New York and 
New Jersey in spring and autumn; but does not, as far as I can 
discover, breed in any part of the United States. They are most 
frequently met with in the months of September and October; 
soon after which they disappear. The young birds of the great 
Black-bellied Plover are sometimes mistaken for this species. 
Hence the reason why Mr. Pennant remarks his having seen 
a variety of the Golden Plover, with black breasts, which he 
supposed to be the young, t 
The Golden Plover is common in the northern parts of Eu- 
rope. It breeds on high and heathy mountains. The female lays 
four eggs, of a pale olive colour, variegated with blackish spots. 
They usually fly in small flocks, and have a shrill whistling 
note. They are very frequent in Siberia, where they likewise 
breed; extend also to Kamtschatka, and as far south as the Sand- 
wich isles. In this latter place, Mr. Pennant remarks, “they 
are very small.” 
Although these birds are occasionally found along our sea- 
* We add the following synonymes from Prince Musignano’s “ Observa- 
tions:” — Charadnus pluvialis, Liss. Gmei.. I.ath. winter dress. Temm. 
ViEiEL . — Charadnus apricarius, Linn. Gmee. Lath, summer dress, (not 
of Wilson, which is a four-toed bird, Vanellus helvelicus.)— Pluvialis aurea, 
Bniss. winter dress Pluvialis aurea minor, Bniss. winter dress — Pluvialis 
dominicensis aurea, Bniss. winter dress. — Pluvialis aurea Freli Hudsonis, Bniss. 
summer dress Le Pluvier d’ore. Buff. PI. Enl. 904, winter dress. 
t Arct. Zool. p. 484. 
