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feathers with shafts white only in the middle ; the outer 

 tail feather white, the following blackish, with long 

 white tips; eye brown; upper parts grey-brown; a 

 broad gorget of black on the breast. 

 Very common during the summer on most of the coasts, 



and I killed them up in Quickiock, Lapland, by the side of 



fresh water. 



169. C. MINOR, Mey. Mindre Strandpipare. The Little 



Eing Dotterel. D. P. 



Colour like the last, but it is smaller; bill entirely 

 black ; legs flesh colour ; the whole shaft of the outer 

 wing feather white; outer tail feather white, with a 

 black spot on the inner fan, the rest with white tips. 

 Not so common as the last, nor does it go so far north. 

 I, however, frequently take the nest on the Wener. The 

 egg is much smaller than that of the last, and the dark spot 

 on the grey-brown ground smaller. 



170. C. CANTIANUS, Lath. Hvit Brostad Strandpipare. 



The Kentish Plover. D. P. 



A little larger than the last ; upper parts cinereous 

 brown ; crown of the head and nape brownish red ; a 

 black patch on each side of the breast, which does not 

 form a band ; beak and feet black ; the two outer tail 

 feathers altogether white, the rest brown. 

 Not nearly so common in Scandinavia as the last, but I 

 think more so in Denmark. I never met with it except on 

 the very southern coast of Scania. 



Eggs have much the character of the last, but always when 

 fresh, are darker, and have a kind of mouldy appearance. 



171. C. MORINELLUS, L. Fjall Pipare. Lafol, Lap. The 



Dotterel. D. P. 



Length 9 in. ; female generally larger and handsomer 

 than the male; beak and eye black; colour above 

 brown ash, edged with reddish ; breast and sides red- 

 brown ; a white band over the eye ; a white gorget on 

 the breast ; the outer wing feather with a white shaft. 

 In the winter the colour is duller. 



