BRITISH BIRDS. 
32Q 
THE GOLDEN PLOVER. 
YELLOW PLOVER. 
(Charadrius Pluvialis, Lin . — Le Pluvier dore y Buff.) 
The fize of the Turtle : Bill dulky ; eyes dark; 
all the upper parts of the plumage are mark- 
ed with bright yellow fpots upon a dark brown 
ground ; the fore part of the neck and breaft are 
the fame, but much paler; the belly is almoft 
white ; the quills are dulky ; the tail is marked 
with dulky and yellow bars ; the legs are black.— 
Birds of this fpecies vary much from each other ; 
in fome which we have had, the breaft was marked 
with black and white ; in others, it was almoft 
black ; but whether this difference arofe from age 
or fex, we are at a lofs to determine. 
