RINGED PLOVER. 



LIMICOLsE. 



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CHARADRIIDJl. 



.ZEGIALITIS HIATICULA (Linnaeus*). 

 THE RINGED PLOVER. 

 Charadrius hiaticula. 



J2GiALiTis, Boie\. Bill much shorter than the head, rather slender, straight 

 to the end of the nasal furrow, which extends beyond the middle of the bill, 

 then slightly raised, but bent downwards at the tip ; nostrils small, and linear. 

 Legs moderately long, slender, bare for a short distance above the tarsal joint : 

 tarsi reticulated. Toes three only, slightly webbed at the base. Tail broad, 

 slightly rounded. Wings long, pointed ; the first quill the longest ; the inner 

 secondaries attaining the tip of the third primary. 



THIS prettily-marked Plover is found throughout the 

 year on most of the shores of the British Islands, hut more 

 particularly frequents bays and flats along the coast where 



* Charadrius Iliaticula, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 253 (1766). 

 t Isis, 1822, pp. 558 and 559. 

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