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LITTLE RINGED DOTTEREL. 



LITTLE RING DOTTRELL. LITTLE RINGED PLOVER. 



PLATE CLIII. FIG. I. 



Charadrius mi/io/-, JENYNS. GOULD. 



THE sand is its nest. 



The eggs are of a pale yellowish stone- colour, with numerous small 

 spots of bluish ash, reddish brown, and dark brown. The young are 

 hatched in sixteen or seventeen days, and at once begin to run about, 

 hiding themselves instinctively with much cleverness if endangered. 



The figure on the plate is from an egg in the collection of Mr. 

 Smith, of Yarmouth. 



