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Golden Plover, Gen. Syn. v. p. 193. N° I.
T H A V E mentioned in my Synopfis, that this fpecies varied in»
having the belly fometimes black, and at other times black and1
white. I have been lately informed, that this is entirely owing to-
the leafon. About the beginning o f March, the appearance of
black on the bread: is firft feen, increafing by degrees till that parr
becomes of a full black; but after the time of incubation, this colour
again difappears*. It is feen at times on the coafts o f Kent,
but we believe is far lefs plenty there than towards the north of
England. It, no doubt, is a native of India, as I have feen it in.
drawings from: thence.. It is called there, Bugadeef...
Long-legged Plover, Getr. Sjmv, p. 195.N0 3-
T E N G T H fourteen inches. Bill two inches and a half long;-
ftrait and black : upper part of the head,and hind-part o f the-
neck, afh-coloured ; the edges of the feathers pale:- back reddifh-
brown : wings purplilh b la ck: round the eye, and all the under
parts, white: the wings exceed the tail in length-: legs very long;
and red.
Mr. Jackfon, 4 Mrs. Wheeler,
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Inhabits India, and not uncommon: met with in flocks, and frequent
in' company with the Peetaree, or Chinefe Redjhank.
I apprehend the above to be no other than the 'Long-legged■
Plover in its juvenile ftate; the more fo, as that bird is not
unfrequent in India. Mrs. Wheeler informs me,, that it is there-
known by the name of Crakolu
Sanderling, Gen, Syrt. v. p. 197. N®'4:
'T 'H E S E are met with on the coafts o f Kent, we believe, at all
leafons. I have received them from my intelligent friend
Mr. Bop', of Sandwich, both in' January and in Aiigufi. This-
bird, like the Pune, and fome others, varies confiderably, either
from age, or with the feafon; for thofe received in Auguft, had the
upper parts dark alh-coloured, and the feathers deeply edged'with
ferruginous; butothers, fent to me in January, were o f a plain
dove-coloured grey :. they differed alfo in fome other trifling particulars.
I am informed, that they are feen in autumn in final!
flights, and not unfrequently along with the Purree, and.both o f
them indifcriminately. called Ox Birds.
D R. Heyfiam informs me, that He once received fome Dotterel’d
eggs from Kefwick, in Cumberland; alfo, that a female Dotterel
was killed upon the very top of the mountain Skiddow, in the.
breeding feafon..
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