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LI MI CO LM. 



CHARADRIID^. 



CHARABRIIBm. 



EuDROMiAs MORiNELLus (Linnseus*). 



THE DOTTEREL. 



Charadritis morinellus. 



EuDROMiAS, C. L. Brehmi. — Bill rather slender, compressed, shorter than 

 the head ; nasal furrow extending about half the length of the upper mandible, 

 which is horny and slightly decurved to the tip. Nostrils subbasal, lateral, 

 linear. Legs of moderate length, scutellate, rather slender, naked for a short 

 distance above the tarsal joint. Toes three only, all directed forwards : the 

 outer and the middle connected at the base by a slight web ; claws short, curved, 

 slender. Tail rather long, slightly rounded. Wings of moderate length, pointed ; 

 the first quill -feather the longest ; the inner secondaries very nearly as long as 

 the primaries. 



The Dotterel is only a summer visitor to this country, 

 making its appearance in the south-eastern counties of 

 England towards the end of April, and does not seem to 

 go in any numbers far to the westward. It seldom makes 



* Charadrins Morinellus, Linnseus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 254 (1766). 

 + Handb. Naturg. Yog. Deutschlands, p. 544 (1831). 



