1 6 BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE RING DOTTEREL. 



OR RING PLOVER. 



(Charadrius Hiaticula, Linn. Grand plnvicr a 

 collier, Temm.) 



THE length is rather more than seven inches. 

 Bill orange, tipped with black ; eyes dark hazel ; a 

 black line passes from the bill, underneath each 

 eye, and spreads over the cheeks ; above this a line 

 of white extends across the forehead to the eyes; 

 this is bounded above by a black fillet across the 

 head; a gorget of black encircles the neck, very 

 broad before, but growing narrow behind, above 

 which, to the chin is white ; the top of the head is 

 a light brown ash, as are also the back, scapulars, 

 and coverts; the greater coverts are tipped with 

 white; breast and all the Under parts white; quills 

 dusky, with an oval white spot about the middle of 

 ^ach feather, which forms, when the wings are 

 -closed, a stroke of white down each ; the tail dark 



