KENTISH DOTTEREL 



KENTISH PLOVER. 



PLATE CLIII. FIGURE II. 



Charadrius cantianus, . . . LATHAM. JARDINE 



Charadrius albifrons, . . . MEYER. 



Charadrius Kttoralis, . . . BECHSTEIN. 



litis cantiana, . . . DRESSER. 



THE nest of this species is placed on the shingle or 

 sand, any slight depression serving as a receptacle for 

 the eggs ; a few blades of grass or withered weeds may 

 perchance afford a scanty lining. 



The eggs are three or four in number Mr. Gould, 

 erroneously, says five ; they are of a yellowish colour, 

 finely and much marked all over, but chiefly at and about 

 the centre and base, with dark blackish brown. 



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