494 CHARADRIHXE. 



GRALLATORES. 



CHARADRTID^. 





THE RINGED PLOVER. 



Charadrius hiaticula. 



Charadrius hiatictda, Ringed Plover, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 105. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



Dotterel, BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 380. 



Plover, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 113. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 240. 



JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 179. 



Ring Dottrel, GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Grand Pluvier 

 d cottier, 



TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 529. 



THIS prettily-marked Plover is found throughout the 

 year on most of the shores of the British Island, but more 

 particularly frequents bays and flats along the coast where 



