Class II. 



RINGED. 



the fowler \ to ftretch out a wing when he flretch- 



ed out an arm, &c. continuing their imitation. 



re- 



gardlefs of the net that was fpreading for them. 



To this method of taking them, Michael Drayton 

 alludes in his panegyrical verfes on Coryate's Crudi- 

 ties : 



Moft worthy man with thee it is even thus, 

 As men take Dottrels, fo haft thou ta'en us ; 

 Which as a man his arme or leg doth fet, 

 So this fond bird will likewife counterfeit. 



At prefent, fportfmen watch the arrival of the 

 Dottrels^ and moot them - 3 the other method hav- 

 ing been long difufed. 



479 



Charadrius five hiaticula. 



Aldr. av. III. 207. 

 Wil. arn. 310. 

 Raiifyn. a<v. 112. 

 Griefshenr.l. Kram. 354. 



fp. 187. 

 Pluvialis torquata minor, le 2u.R1.tfGE® 

 petit Piuvier a collier. 

 Brijfon air. V. 63. Tab. 

 5. fig. 2. 



Charadrius hiaticula. Lin.fyft. Bornholmis Prcefte - Krave , 

 253. Scopoli} No. .147. Sand-Vrifter. Brunnich, 



Strandpipare, Grylle, Trulls, 184. Frifcb, II. 214. 



Lappis Pago. Fau?/. Suec. Sea Lark. Br. ZooL II. 383. 



IT weighs near two ounces. The length is fe- 

 ven inches and a half ^ the breadth fixteen : 

 the bill is half an inch long \ the upper half orange 

 color j the lower black \ from it to the eyes is a 



black 



Descrip, 



