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GREY PLOVER. 
GEEY SAHDPXPEK. 
Sqnatarola cinerea , 
VanelLus griseus, 
m elan ogaster , 
Tringa squutarola , 
Fleming. Selby. Gould. 
Jenyns. 
Temminck. 
Pennant. Montagu. 
Sqnatarola —.? Cinerea — Ash-coloured. 
This Plover is found in the north and north-east of 
Russia and Siberia; plentiful in Holland, and .also in the 
Ferroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Sweden, Jutland, Holstein; 
in Pomerania, while shifting its quarters, and then in France, 
Italy, Spain, Sardinia, and the Grecian Archipelago. It occurs 
in the corresponding part of North America—in the Fur 
countries and to the extreme north, and so far south as 
Pennsylvania. Likewise in Africa—in Egypt; and in Asia, 
M. Temminek says, in Japan, Sunda, and New Guinea; and 
Dr. Horsfield, in Java. It is observed, however, that these 
birds, as also others obtained from the south of Africa, do 
not put on the characteristic summer dress, so that I can 
hardly think that they can be of the same species, though 
doubtless closely allied. 
It occurs in England from the north to the south. 
In Yorkshire, it is met with in the winter, on the coast, 
and also inland, occasionally, near Sheffield, Halifax, Barnsley, 
and other places. A pair were seen by the Messrs. Tuke, on 
Hambleton, in the month of June, which no doubt had a 
nest near, for they would not leave the place, though watched 
for several hours. They are met with on the Wolds in the 
autumn. In Norfolk they are not uncommon in the same 
