CHARADEIUS. 



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CHARADRIUS MORINELLUS. 



DOTTEREL. 

 Charadrius axillaribus fuscis : rostro quam digitus medius breviore. 



Diagnosis. 



Brehm divides the Dotterel into three species, founded upon the relative heights of the Variations. 

 forehead and crovra, probably individual variations of no geographical significance. 



Charadrius morinellus, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 150 (1758) ; Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 254 (1766) . 



Pluvialis minor, sive morinelluSj Brisson, Orn. v. p. 54 (1760). 



Charadrius tartaricus, Pallas, Reise Russ. Reichs, ii. p. 715 (1773). 



Charadrius sibiricus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 690 (1788). 



Eudromias morinella {Linn.), Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 545 (1831). 



Pluvialis morinellus {Linn.), Macgillivray, Man. Brit. Birds, ii. p. 50 (1842). 



Morinellus sibiricus {Gmel.), Bonap. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 417 (1856). 



Synonymy. 



Plates. — Daub. PI. Enl. no. 823; Gould, Birds Gr. Brit. iv. pi. 43 ; Dresser, Birds of Europe, Literature. 



vii. pi. 526. 

 Habits. — Seebohm, British Birds, iii. p. 30. 

 Eggs. — Seebohm, British Birds, pi. 26. figs. 1, 2, 3. 



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