180 CHARADRIID.E. 



seven lines and a half; its wing from the carpus to the 

 tip six inches ; the tarsus one inch and a half. 



The plumage of the adult bird in summer is as follows : 

 the cheek, throat, and band over the eyes white ; the top 

 of the head and occiput rich brown ; the back, wing-coverts, 

 and scapulars ash-coloured, tinged with olive, each feather 

 narrowly edged with yellowish-white ; the greater wing- 

 coverts are pearl-grey, edged with white ; the nape ash- 

 coloured ; the sides and fore part of the neck also ash- 

 coloured ; a white gorget ornaments the upper part of the 

 breast, which is surmounted with a black line ; the lower 

 part of the breast and sides are rich burnt sienna ; the cen- 

 tral part of the belly, just above the legs, is black ; the 

 hinder part of the belly, vent, and under tail-coverts are 

 white, with a strong tinge of rufous ; tail cinereous at the 

 base of the feathers, dusky black towards their extremities, 

 and tipped with white. The beak is black ; eyes brown ; 

 legs olive, tinged with ash ; the quill-feathers are ash-grey 

 at their base, and dusky towards the tip, the first with a 

 white shaft. 



In winter plumage the top of the head is ochreous yellow 

 with dusky spots ; the fore part of the neck cinereous 

 ash, with yellow edges to the feathers ; the breast and belly 

 also cinereous with yellow edges ; the upper parts are cine- 

 reous, spotted with dusky and tile-red edges to the feathers 

 of the back, yellow ochre edges to those of the wing, ex- 

 cept the primaries, which are black ; the gorget is not 

 framed by such a decided black line, and the orange-brown 

 and black on the under parts are entirely wanting. 



The egg figured 222 is that of the Dotterel. 



