Plover
the common English name of several wading birds; specifically, the golden yellow, or green plover, Charadrius pluvialis. In winter the old male has all the upper parts sooty-black, with large golden-yellow spots on the margin of the backs of the feathers, the sides of the head, neck, and breast with ashybrown and yellowish spots, the throat PLOW PLUMBING and lower parts white, the quills black. whence it was introduced into Europe The summer plumage of the upper parts deep black, the front and sides of the neck pure white, with great black and yellow spots. Lower parts mostly deep black. Length about 10 inches. Its nest, in a depression of the ground, is made of a few dry fibers and stems of grass; the eggs, which are highly esteemed as delicacies, are four in number , cream yellow or oil-green, with large GOLDEN PLOVER blotches of umber-brown. Plovers are gregarious in habit, and have a wide geographical range. The gray plover is Squatarola cinerea.