LITTLE RINGED DOTTEREL 



LITTLE RING DOTTRELE LITTLE RINGED PLOVER. 



PLATE CLIII. FIGURE I. 



Charadrius minor, ...... MEYER. 



curonica, ...... GMELIN. 



THIS bird is one of the rarest of our occasional 

 visitants. 



The eggs, four in number, are of a pale stone colour, 

 with numerous small spots of bluish ash, reddish brown, and 

 dark brown. They are laid in a hollow in the sand, without 

 any lining. The young are hatched in sixteen or seventeen 

 days, and at once begin to run about, hiding themselves 

 instinctively with much cleverness if endangered. 



VOL. II. ' 



