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BRITISH BIRDS. 
We have placed this bird with the Plovers, as agree- 
ing with them in every other respect but that of having 
a very small hind toe; this is so slight a difference as 
not to render it necessary to exclude this species from 
a place in the Plover family, to which it evidently be™ 
longs. The Grey Plover is not very common in Bri- 
tain, but it sometimes appears in large flocks on the 
sea coasts.: it is somewhat larger than the Golden Plo- 
ver, Its flesh is said to be very delicate 
