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BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. 
nouncing it to be of the same species with the subject of this 
article. The bird figured in the British Zoology of Pennant, as 
the Golden Plover, (Plate LXXII,) appears to be the young of 
this species, in its winter dress; for it is represented with a hind 
toe, which the true Golden Plover is never furnished with. 
Hence we must conclude that those authors, who describe the 
latter as having sometimes a hind toe, confound the young of 
the two species, which in truth so nearly resemble each other 
in their plumage that it requires a close observation to distinguish 
them. But the young of the Black-bellied Plover, or present 
species, may be known by their large head and stout bill; by 
their hind toe; and by the long dusky or black feathers which 
lie next to the sides, at the junction of the wings. 
In the Manuel d’Ornithologie of Temminck, unquestionably 
the best work on the birds of Europe which has ever been pub- 
lished, the changes which this species undergoes are clearly 
detailed; and its synonymes are so well settled, that the future 
ornithologist will find his labours much lightened, when the 
subject of this article, in any stage of plumage, shall come before 
him. In the excellent Supplement to Montagu’s Ornithological 
Dictionary we are also presented with some valuable references: 
and the editor of this volume with pleasure acknowledges the 
sources whence he has drawn that information which has enabled 
him to determine the species. 
