176 CHARADRIID.E. 



GRALLA TORES. CHAR A DRIID.E. 



PLATE CCXXII. 



DOTTEREL. 



CHARADRIUS MARINELLUS. 



The Dotterel is a summer visitant in Great Britain, 

 arriving, from its more southern winter quarters, on its way 

 northward, to breed ; some remain here in places suitable 

 to their habits, bat their numbers are not so great as 

 formerly, owing probably to the increase of cultivation. 



The geographical range of the Dotterel is extensive, but 

 not so much so as some others of its family ; in the 

 spring of the year it migrates to the northern countries of 

 Europe and Asia for the purpose of breeding, such as 

 Siberia, Finland, Lapland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden, but 

 many pairs remain to breed in the intermediate countries over 

 which they travel. The winter quarters of this species are the 

 south of France, Spain, Italy, the islands of the Medi- 

 terranean, Turkey, Tartary, and Persia. In Holland this 

 bird does not frequently occur, as the locality does not suit 

 its habits. 



The favourite haunt of the Dotterel is the most barren, 

 uncultivated ground, where, at most, heath-plants are 

 thinly scattered. Dry, sandy sides of the highest mountains 

 of Scotland and Westmoreland are the places to look for it ; 

 and the only time it is ever seen by the water is in the even- 



