. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . BRITISH BIRDS. 329. THE GOLDEN PLOVER. YELLOW PLOVER.{Charadrlus PluvialiSf Lin.—Le Pluvier dore, 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 brownground; the fore part of the neck and breaft arethe fame, but much paler; the belly is alnioftwhite; the quills are dulky; the tail is markedwith dufky 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 markedwith black
. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . BRITISH BIRDS. 329. THE GOLDEN PLOVER. YELLOW PLOVER.{Charadrlus PluvialiSf Lin.—Le Pluvier dore, 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 brownground; the fore part of the neck and breaft arethe fame, but much paler; the belly is alnioftwhite; the quills are dulky; the tail is markedwith dufky 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 markedwith black and white j in others, it was almoftblack; but whether this difference arofe from ageor fex, we are at a lofs to determine. 33<5 BRITISH BIRDS. The Golden Plover is common in this coun-try, and all the northern parts of Europe; itis very numerous in various parts of America,from Hudfons Bay as far as Carolina, migratingfrom one place to another according to the fea-fons: It breeds on high and heathy mountains ;the female lays four eggs, of a pale olive colour,variegat
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