DOTTEREL. 



DOTTBELL. DOTTEREL PLOVER. 



PLATE CLI. 



Charadrius morinellus, PEXXANT. MONTAGU. 



Cliaradrius Tataricus, LATHAM. 



Charadrius Sibiricm, GMELIX. 



ANY small hollow in the ground serves for a nest, and it is generally 

 near some stone or rock; a few lichens 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 are three in number, seldom more. They are laid from 

 the end of May and the beginning of June, to the end of June and 

 even the beginning of July. 



One variety is of a fine grey colour, blotted throughout with larger 

 and smaller spots of brown, and a few dark grey ones. 



Another is of a deep yellowish brown ground colour, spotted 

 principally about the larger end with small dark reddish brown spots. 



