LITTLE RING DOTTEREL. 189 



all the upper parts are a delicate drab colour ; the fore- 

 head, chin, and neck all around, and all the under parts 

 are pure white, with a well-defined black ring around the 

 throat, chest, and sides of the upper half of the breast ; 

 the quills are dusky, with a white shaft to the first primary 

 feather ; the outer tail-feather is pure white, the rest tipped 

 with white ; the beak is black ; the eyes dark brown, with 

 the lid ochrous-yellow ; the legs and feet are flesh-red, 

 with a tinge of yellow ; claws black. 



The female resembles the male, but the black ring around 

 her neck does not cover so much space. 



The young bird has the edges of the feathers bordered 

 with paler colouring, the black entirely wanting, and in 

 its place the colouring of the back in a darker shade ; the 

 eyelids are white, and the legs are flesh-coloured with grey 

 joints. The white on the under parts not so pure. 



The egg figured 224 is that of the Little Ring Dotterel. 



