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THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 
21. Grey Plover Squatarola squatarola Linne 
Squat-ar-o-la —NX. and Italian for this plover. 
Distribution . — Arctic regions, migrating to Peru, Brazil, Africa, 
Australia, and Tasmania. 
Notes . — Also called Black-bellied Plover, Grey Sandpiper, and May- 
cock. Usually singly, in pairs, or in small flocks, arriving in Australia 
during September, departing in March or April. It frequents chiefly the 
seashore and contiguous salt marshes or grassy flats; this species is very 
timid and wary. Its call-note is a piping whistle, not unlike that of the 
Golden Plover, a species that it resembles in habits and economy. 
Nest .— A depression in the earth, lined with dry leaves and lichen. 
Eggs. —Four, yellowish-grey to brownish-yellow, covered with dark 
brown spots. Breeding-season: June and July (breeds in the Arctic 
regions) . 
22. Golden Plover Pluvialis dominions P. L. S. Muller 
Plu-vi-a-lis — L., pluvialis, belonging to rain (i.e., spotted) : dominions ■ — 
island of San Domingo, West Indies. 
Distribution. — North-eastern Siberia and Alaska, migrating to the 
Argentina, the islands of the Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, Australia, and 
Tasmania. 
Notes .—Also called Eastern Golden Plover, Pacific Golden Plover, 
Lesser Golden Plover, and Australian Golden Plover. Usually in flocks! 
arriving in southern Australia during September and October, departing 
m March or April. It frequents sea beaches, mud and sand-flats of inlets 
and rivers, salt marshes, and grassy flats. During low tide it feeds along 
the mud and sand-flats, leaving for the marshes and grassy flats as the tide 
rises. It is much tamer than the other species of Waders, and is common 
along the foreshores of our harbours. Food: insects, small crustaceans, 
and worms. * 
Nest. A mere hollow in the ground upon a piece of turfy land, 
moss gr ° Wn m ° SS and ,ichen ’ and Hned with broken stalks of reindeer 
markfn^Thh U n’ f*' 6 ''“ a’ s . p( ? tted and Notched with rich purplish-brown 
W afd Tulv rnnrih V U * der fe g - 0neS ° f Breeding-season: 
June and July (north-eastern Siberia and Alaska). 
23. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Linne 
Urn-os’-or— L., limosus, marshy: lapponica —of Lapland. 
Distribution .—Northern Europe and northern Asia, migrating to 
>ical Africa, northern TnHh Mai*,*.!., a .^ lu 
Malaysia, Australia, Tasmania, New 
tropical Africa, northern India, 
Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. 
Kuaka °^Usually 5 i® arr ^ d ' runi ped Godwit, Pacific Godwit, and 
departing in AoHl It frl 111 Australia during October, 
pa tm b in April. It frequents chiefly the mud and sand-flats of inlets 
