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THE DOTTEREL. 



Chanidrius uwriiiclUoi. 



HE Dotterel, or as it is fre- 

 quently called, the Dotterel 

 Plover, although by no means 

 a rare bird, is not so 

 thoroughly distributed over 

 Great Britain as a great 

 many others. In Dorsetshire 

 and Devonshire its visits are 

 of extreme rarity, whilst in 

 Cornwall only one or two 

 instances are recoi-ded of its 

 being ^met with. The Dot- 

 terel" is a native of Europe, 

 being found in nearly all the 

 countries of this continent, 

 and it is also said to be met 

 with in Northern Asia, 

 Persia, and Tartary. With 

 us the Dotterel is a summer 

 visitor only, arriving about 

 x\pril on our south-eastern 

 coasts, whence it passes on- 

 wards to tlio high grounds 

 of Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, 



