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back are beautifully variegated with brownish-black 

 and bright yellow ; the upper tail coverts and the 

 tail feathers are greyish-brown, variegated with paler 

 yellow. The middle of the fore-neck and breast are 

 brownish-black, bordered with white ; the sides of 

 the neck and body mottled with brown and greyish- 

 yellow ; the forehead, a band over the eye, and the 

 belly white ; legs and feet dark bluish-grey. 



In winter the male's upper parts are brownish- 

 black, with very numerous yellow spots arranged 

 along the margins of the feathers. The upper tail 

 coverts are barred with brown and yellow ; the tail 

 feathers greyish-brown barred with yellowish-white ; 

 the lower part white. The wings are chocolate 

 brown, the smaller coverts and inner secondaries 

 spotted like the back ; primary quills slightly tipped 

 with greyish-white. The bird's length is nearly 

 eleven inches. 



In summer and winter the female plumage is very 

 like that of the male. 



THE DOTTEREL PLOVER. 

 {Eudromias morinelhts.) 



Male. — In the summer the bill is bluish-black, 



the iris brown. The upper part of the head is 



brownish-black, the feathers of the forehead margined 



with a white line over the eye to the occiput, where 



it meets that of the other side of the head. The 



throat is white, with dusky specks. The upper 



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