1 62 LITTLE RINGED DOTTEREL. 



LITTLE RINGED DOTTEREL. 



LITTLE RING DOTTRELL. LITTLE RINGED PLOVER. 



PLATE CLIII.' FIGURE I. 



Charadrius minor, JENYNS. GOUIJD. 



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. 



