BRITISH BIRDS. 
49 
THE GREY PLOVER. 
( Tringa Squatarola, Lin . — Le Vanneau Pluvier , Buff.) 
The length of this bird is about twelve inches. Its 
bill is black ; the head, back, and wing coverts are of 
a dusky brown, edged with greenish ash colour, and 
some with white; the cheeks and throat are white, 
marked with oblong dusky spots; the belly, thighs, 
and rump are white; the sides are marked with a few 
dusky spots; the outer webs of the quills are black; 
the lower parts of the inner webs of the first four are 
white; the tail is marked with alternate bars of black 
and white : the legs are of a dull green ; the hind toe 
is small. In the Planches Enluminees this bird is re- 
presented with eyes of an orange colour ; there is like- 
wise a dusky line extending from the bill underneath 
each eye, and a white one above it ; but variations like 
these are common in many of the same species of birds* 
