jn. Char. Beak slender, str
prolonged more than two tl
jagged, deft longitudinally ii
fossa. L e g s moderate, or long
united to the middle one by a short, m em b ran e ; the inner
slightly rounded. W wg* ; •-first q uiU -feath er the longest.
G H I) BN
T se Golden Plover is extensively spread ovtji th
means uncommon in .our Islands, inhabiting heath
gregating near the coast and about the
¡however, will generally found upon the
»Scotland, the feiwaJe dfijgiasitiag p^i egg»
: the Lapwing, of' a dull <ofif&4Mifoitirt!iji Twoi-fli -iwl«}*-
The-habits o f tin,* Golden Plover., sip wefta* t i w r e - «*•$*< • >; i»* iw'igeirtv
terrestrial } for aifiiougb <fi«tiaguislied by n rapid and itW'Hdwif«; ii» ¿*4-a
«inch as to qaalify''U in ftu especial manner for running ou ffeij L
tfdiich it does with great quickness and agility;.-and as nature p.rifci;s ft
which depend the means o f maintaining existence or avoiding. foes, so we i
fihe egg, covered with dusky brown, crouching or running with great cckrii
power which they do not possess until after a considerable period.
Thediffereuce that exists hi the plumage o f the Goldeirf
e u d iM fi
$ o f flight,
without a fctMiwlntlgc <
general colour df thir •
lew black feathers
month3 audio I'i.-hi a
aides o f the neck, w
: abruptly on-n line o f -white, whii$l ¡»oil!#! foteii
bhtedirig wxiii the rest o f the phidi&ge. , iis !
' as well as the white marginal line, the d>iShv r "?
change, | jM-ixlnce a deception a
dusky with numerous sr;
awl ender parte* wlueh
i|;jjpf Mncit, hegimshuK i-
iMf f ei i t i i l Si I
The cause of this change in phmaagc I*. ii> >r e|*‘?t*rfy
hfttfc is the original colour oil the new owiuiii saw ifeij. "h*.
•but the feathers themselves gradually tall xsff ?« ;}.«)• --o»t m-i.-.t:*.
with the exception o f the primaries, which are nieuhed tetf
We do not here mean to say that in all birds which undergo
this double moult takes place? but hi the present iiistsincie.
¡jfouxig of-the year difler butt little from the adult in winter;
tSte'whole body.
The bill is dusky: eyes dark hard? head and .all tlwi inc
gjflmgled with golden yellow • iegs arid feet olive-brown i
Its flesh is extremely delicate, nedl* much sought h
■ 'brought to the London markets for said« -
j, , iWe have represented the adiift bird la its BteMtete telHfi
Kstie o f the former ?~rthe sexes are not distnigmHfed&t by th
at particular
the identity
ofyeltew, lit
aiigmedtetl u dmirnr the s
;; whole plum;
a similar law
uf their fflun
■ the care. 1
liifiih ten indies ? »
«be table 5 Imiog*
| I | f
there