LITTLE RINGED PLO\ER. 



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GRALLATORES. 



CHARADRIID.E. 



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THE LITTLE RINGED PLOVER. 



Chamdriiis minor. Little Ringed Plover, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 179. 



Little Ring Dottrell, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xi. 

 Petit Pluvier a collier, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 542. 



Of this rare British Bird, Mr. Goukl says, " Wc arc in- 

 debted to our friend Mr. Henry Doublcday of Epping, for 

 the loan of an example of this elegant little Plover, which he 

 informs us was taken at Shoreliam in Sussex. From the 

 extreme youth of the specimen transmitted to us, it is clear 

 that it must have been bred on the spot ; and it is worthy of 

 notice that the person who killed it affirms that he has long 

 suspected the present bird to be a resident on that part of the 

 coast, from having remarked that he could always perceive a 

 dilfcrence in the note of this bird from that of cither of the 

 other species. Whether this Plover habitually resorts to our 



