DOTTEREL 



DOTTRELL DOTTEREL PLOVER. 



PLATE CLI. 



Eudromias morinellus, DRESSER. 



Charadrius morinellus, YARRELL. 



' I ''HIS summer migrant breeds in Scotland and the north 

 1 of England. 



Any small hollow in the ground serves for a nest, and 

 it is generally near some stone or rock ; a few lichens, moss, 

 or short grass make its "mossy bed." The male assists 

 the female in the work of incubation, which lasts apparently 

 for eighteen or twenty days. The hen bird sits very 

 close, and if disturbed only runs a few yards off. 



The eggs never exceed three in number. They are 

 laid from the end of May and the beginning of June to 

 the end of June and even the beginning of July. 



Their ground colour varies from greyish buff to yellowish 

 olive, blotted and spotted with brownish black. 



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