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male alone of P.fulicarms undertakes the duty of incubation; 

 this is likewise shewn by the state of his breast-feathers during 

 the breeding-season. The female of the dotterel plover {Eudro- 

 mia^ 'ii.or melius) is larger than the male, and has the red and 



llbynuhaia capensla (from Brehm). 



black tints on the lowtr surface, the white crescent on tlie 

 breast, and the stripes over the eyes, more strongly pronounced. 

 The male also takes at least a share in hatching the eggs ; but 

 the female likewise attends to the young,'"' I have not been 



"" For these several statements, 

 see Mr. Gould's ' Birds of Great 

 Britain.' Prof. Newton informs me 

 that he has long been convinced, 

 from his own observations and from 

 those of others, that the males of 



the above-named species take either 

 the whole or a large share of 

 the duties of incubation, and that 

 they " shew much greater devotion 

 " towards their young, when in 

 " danger, tlian do the females." So 



