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GEALLATOEES, OE WADING BIEDS. 



cure the jaundice. All that was necessary was for the sick person 

 to look fixedly at the bird's eyes, with a firm faith in the success 

 of the experiment ; under these conditions the bird was obliging 



Fig. 150. Kinged Dotterel (Charadrius hiaticula, Selby). 



enough to relieve him of his malady. This superstitious idea 

 has departed to join all the rest of the medical opinions of the 



middle ages. 



Fig. 151. Golden Plover (C/taradrius jjluvialis, Linn.). 



The Kentish Plover (Charadrius cantianus, Latham) is thus 

 named on account of its collar being divided into two parts ; it is 

 rather smaller than the last-named bird, and is found in Europe 

 and Asia. 



The Golden Plover (Pluvialis aurea), Fig. 151, is the size of 



