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ORD. I. GEN. VII. PLOVER. 



A 



SPE. VI. DOTTEREL. 



PI. 187. 



Charadrius morinellus. Lin. Syft. I. p. 254. 



Le petit Pluvier, ou le Guignard. Brif. Orn, V. p, 54. 



This fpecies meafures from nine to ten inches in length, eighteen or nine- 

 teen in breadth, and weighs about four ounces. The bill is black, and de- 

 prefied in the middle : the forehead dufky and grey mixed : the back part of 

 the head dull black : over the eye is a band of white, which bends downward, 

 and paries backward to the nape : the fides of the head, the throat, and vent, 

 are white : breaft and belly, dull orange j the former croffed at the top with 

 a band of white, above which is a little black ; and the middle of the latter, in 

 the male, black : the back, wing, and tail coverts brownifh olive, the feathers 

 edged with dull yellow : the hind part of the neck, the fame, terminating for- 

 wards in an afh-coloured plumage : the tail, olive brown, croffed near the end 

 with dufky, and tipped with white : the quill feathers brown, the outer fide of 

 the firft edged with white : the legs, dull black. 



The dotterel is a ilupid bird, fo that its name has become proverbial. It is 

 found in tolerable plenty in fome parts of England, as the counties of Cam- 

 bridge, Lincoln, and Derby, and in other places, where it is migratory. It has 

 been fhot on the top of Skiddaw in June, and is faid to breed in great numbers 

 on feveral of the Highland hills. It is a fat bird, and of delicate flavour, for 

 which it is much efteemed. Its food is fnails, worms, and infects. For the 

 egg fee PI. XL. Fig. 3. 



