334 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 
white; legs and toes orange; claws black. The 
young bird of the year has the white forehead and 
patch at the back of the eye; the streak under the 
eye and the ear-coverts are brown; there is no black 
band on the top of the head; the streak of black 
under the white at the back of the neck is just 
hinted at by being a shade or two darker than the 
back; there is a light brown patch on each side of 
the breast, but it is not continuous like the black 
breast of the adult, the centre of the breast being 
dull dirty white; the beak is black; the legs and 
toes pale yellow. I have in my collection one very 
young Ring Dotterel which was picked up alive at 
Watchet: it is in its down plumage; the top of the 
head and the back are a sort of brindle yellowish 
and dark brown; all the rest dull white. 
The egg, which is very large for the size of the 
bird and pear-shaped, is a pale yellowish drab, much 
spotted with very dark brown and dull dusky. 
Grey Puover, Squatarola cinerea. This bird, 
which differs from the true Plovers in having a hind 
toe, small and rudimentary though it is, is a much 
more decided shore-bird than the Golden Plover, 
always feeding on the mud and ooze of the sea-shore 
or of some tidal river, but rarely if ever having resort 
to inland feeding-grounds. It is by no means such 
good eating as the Golden Plover, in consequence 
probably of the different locality in which it seeks 
its food. Itis arather numerous winter visitor to 
