. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. CHAEADEIUS. 103 Charadrius squatarola {Linn.), Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. vii. p. 349 (1834). Squatarola melanogaster {Bechsi.), Malherbe, Faun. Orn. Sicil. p. 166 (1840). Squatarola helvetica {Briss.), Keyserling & Blasius, Wirb. Eur. p. 207 (1843). Vanellus squatarola (Briss.), Schlegel, Rev. Crit. p. Ixxxiv (1844). Pluvialis squatarola (Linn.), Macgillivray, Hist. Brit. B. iv. p. 86 (1852). Squatarola wilsoui, Lichtenstein, Nomencl. Av. p. 95 (1854). Squatarola r
. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. CHAEADEIUS. 103 Charadrius squatarola {Linn.), Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. vii. p. 349 (1834). Squatarola melanogaster {Bechsi.), Malherbe, Faun. Orn. Sicil. p. 166 (1840). Squatarola helvetica {Briss.), Keyserling & Blasius, Wirb. Eur. p. 207 (1843). Vanellus squatarola (Briss.), Schlegel, Rev. Crit. p. Ixxxiv (1844). Pluvialis squatarola (Linn.), Macgillivray, Hist. Brit. B. iv. p. 86 (1852). Squatarola wilsoui, Lichtenstein, Nomencl. Av. p. 95 (1854). Squatarola rhynchomegaj Bonap. Compt. Bend, xliii. p. 416 (1856). Pluvialis varius [Briss.), Degland ^ Gerbe, Orn. Eur. p. 127 (1867). Charadrius varius (Briss.), Finsch £(⢠Hartlaub, Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 644 (1870). Plates.âGould, Birds Great Britain, iv. pis. 36, 37 ; Dresser, Birds of Europe, vii. pis. 517, Literature. 518, 519. Habits.âSeehohm, British Birds, iii. p. 44. Eggs.âSeebohm & Harvie-Brown,Ibis, 1876, pi. v.; Seebohm, British Birds, pi. 25. figs. 7, 8,9. The Grey Plover is easily diagnosed by its black aooillaries. Specific J ./ u ./ â â 1 T 1 J characters. The Grey Plover is found more or less commonly on the coasts of the British Islands, GeograpH- chiefly during autumn migration, but occa- sionally in winter and spring. It is far less numerous on the v\rest coasts than on the east. It frequents in small numbers the inner islands on the west coast of Scotland, but only occurs sparingly in the Outer Hebrides. In Ireland it is still less common, although it appears regularly every season. The Grey Plover is a circumpolar bird, but has only been known to breed on the tundras above the limit of forest-growth. It appears to be very local in its distribution during the breeding-season. It is not known with certainty to breed anywhere except in the lower valley of the Petchora, on the Taimyr peninsula, and the delta of the Lena, in the north of Siberia, in Alaska, on th
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