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DOTTEREL. 



DOTTRELL. DOTTEREL PLOVER. 

 PLATE CLI. 



Charadrius morinellus, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Chamdrius Tataricus, LATHAM. 



Charadrius Sibiricus, GMELIN. 



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. 



