EUDROMIAS 743 



EUDROMIAS, Brehm, 1831. 



1035. DOTTEREL. 

 EUDROMIAS MORINELLUS. 



Eudromias morinellus (Linn.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 254-(1766) ; (Naum.), vii. 

 p. 163, Taf. 174 ; (Hewitson), ii. p. 293, pi. Ixxvi. fig. 1 ; (Gould), 

 B. of E. iv. pi. 295 ; id. B. of Gt. Brit. iv. pi. 43 ; Dresser, vii. 

 p. 507, pi. 526 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxiv. p. 234 ; Tacz. 

 F. 0. Sib. 0. p. 819 ; Saunders, p. 535 ; Lilford, v. p. 26, pi. 8 ; 

 Poynting, p. 15, pi. 4. 



Pluvier guignard, French ; Medio chorlito, Span. ; Piviere 

 tortolino, Ital. ; Morncll-Regenpfcifer, German ; Morinel-Plevier, 

 Dutch ; Pomerantsfugl, Dan. and Norweg. ; Fjdllpipare, Swed. ; 

 Kerjaralintu, Finn. ; Lahula, Lapp. ; Glupoi-suek, Russ. 



$ ad. (Sweden). Crown black, the forehead margined with white ; 

 lores and a broad streak over the eye meeting round the occiput white ; 

 upper parts greyish brown, feathers on the lower back and scapulars 

 margined with fulvous yellow, the latter and inner secondaries faintly 

 glossed with green ; short secondaries margined with white ; outer tail- 

 feathers tipped with white ; chin and upper throat white ; ear-coverts and 

 lower neck pale greyish brown ; on the lower neck a white band, narrowly 

 edged above with black ; fore breast and flanks yellowish red ; lower 

 breast and upper abdomen black; lower abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 yellowish white ; under wing-coverts dull greyish ; bill blackish ; legs 

 brownish green, the toes blackish grey ; the heel orange ; iris brown. 

 Culmen 0*85, wing 6'0, tail 2*8, tarsus T5 inch. Female similar, but 

 generally rather brighter coloured. In the winter both sexes have the 

 crown and nape yellowish white, streaked with blackish, the white streak is 

 narrower, the under parts dull isabelline, the breast streaked with brown, 

 and the white band ill-defined. The young resemble the adult in winter 

 dress, but have the upper parts margined with whitish. 



Hob. Northern Europe to within the Arctic Circle and 

 Novaya Zemlya ; Great Britain ; Central and Southern Europe 

 and North Africa on migration and in winter ; Northern Asia 

 as far as the shores of the Arctic Ocean ; south in winter to 

 Turkestan and Persia. 



Is essentially an inhabitant of the moorland and fell, and 

 unless subjected to persecution is fearless and confiding. Its 

 food consists of insects of various kinds and larvae. It breeds 

 in the northern portions of its range, and at considerable 



