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KINGED DOTTEREL. 



RINGED PLOVER. SAND LARK. SAND LAVROCK. DULL-WILLY. 



PLATE CLII. 

 Charadi'im hiaticufa, PKSXANT. MONTAGU. 



THE nest, so to call it, for there is none but some slight natural 

 hollow amongst small gravel, or on a little hillock of sand frequently 

 under the shelter of some tall grass, is generally placed on a bank by 

 the beach, just above high- water mark, but occasionally in sandy places 

 far inland. 



The eggs are four in number, and of a greenish grey, pale buff, or 

 cream-colour, spotted and streaked with bluish grey and black, or 

 blackish brown. 



One variety is of a yellowish grey colour, spotted throughout with 

 reddish brown spots, most of them small. 



Another is of a very light yellowish grey ground, with some small 

 spots and short streaks of brown, mostly at the larger end. 



A third is dark grey, slightly tinged with yellow, spotted irregularly 

 with larger and smaller black spots. 



A fourth is of a grey ground colour, with numerous small blackish 

 spots all over. 



A fifth is of a whitish grey ground, with some larger and more 

 distinct spots of black. 



VOL. II. 



