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GRALLATOEES, OB WADING BIRDS. 



cure the jaundice. All that was necessary was for the sick person 

 to look fixedlj- at the bird's eyes, with a firm faith in the success 

 of the experiment ; under these conditions the bird was obliging 



Fig. 150.— Einged Dotterel [CkurndrLUS hLuiicula, Selby). 



enough to relieve him of his malady. This superstitious idea 

 has departed to join all the rest of the medical opinions of the 

 middle ages. 



Fig. 151. — iTulden Plover i^Ouiriulruis pluvialis, Linu.). 



The Kentish Plover {CJiarafJrius cantianus, Latham) is thus 

 named on account of its collar being divided into two parts ; it is 

 rather smaller than the last-named bird, and is found in Eurorie 

 and Asia. 



The Golden Plover {PluviaUs aurca), Fig. 1.51, is the size of 



