CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 147 



RING DOTTEREL. 



Case 179. 



The present species is common all round our coasts, 

 being also occasionally found breeding on the banks of 

 rivers and on sandy warrens in the interior of the 

 country. 



It is to be met with at all seasons, but perhaps most 

 abundantly in the spring and autumn. 



The specimens in the case were obtained in the 

 neighbourhood of Rye, in Sussex, in the summer of 

 1862. 



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INTERMEDIATE RING DOTTEREL. 



Case 180. 



A diminutive form of the Ring Dotterel is here shown, 

 It is easy to perceive that the birds are in every 

 respect smaller than the specimens in the preceding 

 case : the feathers on the back are of a darker shade, 

 and the legs are also finer in form, and of a deeper 

 shade of orange. 



These birds usually make their appearance in flocks 

 about the second week in May, at which time the 

 larger variety are busy with their young broods. 



I have never found these birds nesting in the British 

 Islands, but mixed flocks of old and young are met 

 with during the autumn. 



The specimens in the case were shot between 

 Shoreham and Worthing, on the Sussex coast ; the 

 mature birds being obtained in May, 1870, andj.the 

 young in the following September. 



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