178 AVES GRALLATORES. [CHARADRIUS. 



and breast, somewhat variegated with streaks and spots of ash-gray and 

 yellowish brown ; throat, belly, and abdomen, white: quills, and greater 

 coverts, dusky ; the former white along the shafts ; the latter tipped with 

 white : bill dusky : irides dark brown : legs deep ash-colour. (Summer 

 plumage.) Upper parts deep black ; the edges of the feathers spotted with 

 bright yellow : forehead, and space above the eyes, white : sides of the 

 neck white, with large black and yellow spots : throat, fore part of the 

 neck, and all the under parts, black. (Young of the year.) Upper parts 

 cinereous brown, with spots of yellowish ash. (Egg.) Yellowish stone- 

 colour, blotched and spotted with brownish black: long. diam. two inches; 

 trans, diam. one inch four lines. 



Not uncommon; migrating from the southern to the northern parts 

 of the kingdom at the approach of the breeding season. Haunts moors, 

 heaths, and other open districts ; occasionally, during severe weather, the 

 sea-coast. Food worms and insects. Eggs four in number ; laid in May. 



162. C. Morinellus, Linn. (Dotterel Plover.) Upper 

 plumage brownish ash, edged with reddish : breast reddish 

 ash : a broad streak above the eyes, and a gorget on the 

 breast, white. 



C. Morinellus, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. n. p. 537. Dotterel, Mont. 

 Orn. Diet. Selb. Illust. vol. n. p. 236. pi. 39. Bew. Brit. Birds, 

 vol. i. p. 369. 



DIMENS. Entire length nine inches five lines: length of the bill (from 

 the forehead) seven lines and a half, (from the gape) one inch ; of the 

 tarsus one inch six lines; from the carpus to the end of the wing six 

 inches. 



DESCRIPT. (Winter plumage.) Forehead, throat, and sides of the 

 face, whitish, dotted and streaked with black ; above each eye a broad 

 band of reddish white, reaching to the nape : crown of the head, and 

 occiput, dusky ash ; rest of the upper parts cinereous, tinged with oliva- 

 ceous brown ; the feathers on the back, wing-coverts, and scapulars, edged 

 with rust-red : fore part of the neck, breast, and flanks, reddish ash ; a 

 gorget on the upper part of the breast extending on each side to the 

 bend of the wing, and middle of the belly, pure white : shaft of the first 

 primary white; the rest dusky: tail cinereous, passing into dusky towards 

 the end ; the extreme tip white : bill black : irides brown : feet greenish 

 ash. (Male in summer plumage.) Cheeks, throat, and band above the eyes, 

 pure white ; crown of the head, and occiput, deep brown ; back, wing- 

 coverts, and scapulars, olivaceous ash, the feathers edged with deep red ; 

 nape, also the sides and lower part of the neck in front, cinereous ; on the 

 upper part of the breast a white gorget bounded above by a blackish line; 

 lower part of the breast, and flanks, bright rust-colour ; middle of the 

 belly deep black; vent and under tail-coverts reddish white. In the 

 female, the white band above the eyes is less conspicuous; the gorget 

 on the breast has a reddish tinge ; the black patch on the abdomen is 

 smaller, and much intermixed with white. In young birds, the crown 

 of the head is reddish, with longitudinal dusky spots ; the upper parts 

 are more cinereous; and the tail is tipped with pale red. (Egg.) Yel- 

 lowish olive, blotched and spotted with dark brownish black : long. diam. 

 one inch seven lines and a half; trans, diam. one inch two lines and a 

 half. 



