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RINGED PLOVER. 
present the more certain method of the gun lias 
superseded this singular artifice, as it is easily shot, 
seldom flying to any great distance when dis- 
turbed. 
The Dottrel is a migratory species, being seen 
on our moors and downs in its flights to and from 
its breeding place, from Api-il to June, and again 
from September to November : they fly in flocks 
of five or six during the latter period ; these are 
generally the old birds -and young brood, though 
occasionally upw'ards of a dozen are seen together. 
It is said to breed in Russia and Siberia, and other 
northern parts of Europe ; they are likewise sup- 
posed to breed in Cumberland and Westmorland, 
as they are abundant in some parts of those 
counties during the breeding season, and are also 
observed at the same period on the Scotch High- 
lands, 
RINGED PLOVER. 
(Charadrius Hiaticula.) 
Ch, corpore griseo-J\isco, snbfus albo, pectore nigro, /route vigri- 
cante fasciola alba, vertice fusco, rostro rubro apice nigro, pe- 
dibus hileis. 
Plover with a grey-brown body ; beneath white ; with the 
breast black; the forehead dusky, with awhile stripe; the 
crown brown ; the beak red, with a black tip ; the feet 
yellow. 
