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BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. 
is marked with these spots, mingled among the black. We are 
told, that in the winter the breast and belly of the adults change 
to white; but this point I cannot ascertain from my own expe- 
rience. 
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 de- 
tailed ; and its synonymes are so well settled, that the future orni- 
thologist 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 edi- 
tor of this volume with pleasure acknowledges the sources whence 
he has drawn that information which has enabled him to deter- 
mine the species. 
