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CHARADRIIDE, 



GRALLATORES. 



CHAnADRUDIE. 



THE DOTTEREL. 



Charadriits mor 



nellus, Dottrel Plover, 

 The Dottrel, 

 The Dotterel, 

 The Dottrel, 

 The Dotterel, 

 Dotterel Plovet 

 The Dottrell, 



Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 102. 



Mont. Oinith. Diet. 



Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 378. 



Flem. Brit. An. p. 113. 



Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 236. 



Jenvns, Brit. Vert. p. 178. 



Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. ii. 



Pluvier guignard, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 537. 



The Dotterel is a summer visiter only to this country, 

 making its appearance in the south-eastern counties of Eng- 

 land towards the end of April, and does not seem to go in 

 any numbers far to the westward. Mr. Thompson says it is 

 a rare visitant to Ireland ; it has not been seen more than 

 once or twice in Cornwall, and only occasionally in Devon- 



