. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . rather broad, nearly even, of twelvefeathers, of which the two middle are somewhat pointed. The species of this genus are very widely distributed, andone of them is common to both continents. They form largeflocks after the breeding season, and generally betake them-selves in cold weather to the shores of the sea or theirvicinity. They run with
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . rather broad, nearly even, of twelvefeathers, of which the two middle are somewhat pointed. The species of this genus are very widely distributed, andone of them is common to both continents. They form largeflocks after the breeding season, and generally betake them-selves in cold weather to the shores of the sea or theirvicinity. They run with celerity, have a rapid flight, andemit a loud shrill whistle, sometimes modulated. Their foodconsists of coleopterous and other insects, worms, mollusca,small Crustacea, and sometimes berries. The nest is a slighthollow in the ground; the eggs four, pyrifoiin, extremelylarge, and spotted or clouded. The young run about imme-diately after birth, and conceal themselves by flesh of these birds is excellent, and their eggs species is very common in Britain, another breeds therein small numbers, and the third is a winter visitant. 86 PLUVIALIS SQUATAROLA. THE GREY PLOVER. BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. GREY SANDPIPEIR. Fio. 9. Tringa Squatarola. Linn. Syst. Nat. T. Adult in winter. Triiifrn helvetica. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 250. Adult in summer. Tringa Squatarola. Lath. Ind. Omith. IL 729. Adult in winter. Tringa helvetica. 718. Adult in summer. Grey Sandpiper. ^lont. Omith. Diet. Vanneau Pluvicr. Vanellus mclanogaster. Temm. ^lan. dOmith. IT. -547. Squatarola cincrea. Flem. Brit. Anim. 111. Bastard or Grey Plover. Squatarola cinerea. Sclb. lUust. Brit. Oraitli. II. griscus. Gray Plover. Jen. Brit. Vert. Anini. Helvetica. Bonap. Comp. List, 46. Bill rather stout, nearly as long as the head; a rrri/(Ihniiuitive hind toe. In winter, the upper parts hlarJxish-(jrey, spotted loith ichitc; the chcelis, ncch,
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