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more than the tinkling of a fire pan in the settling of bees, for the 

 purpose of being hived ; and in the present time, the more certain 

 method of shooting them with a gun is universally adopted. 



This species is common in the more northern parts of Europe, 

 where they no doubt breed ; frequent in Dalecarlia, and the Lapland 

 Alps, and according to Linnaeus, they visit Sweden in May; breed, 

 for certain, in the northern parts of Russia and Siberia, appearing to 

 the southward only in the migrations ; rare in Prussia, and not very 

 common in Switzerland, though found there ; nor do authors talk of 

 them any where as birds of the warmer regions. 



A. — Charadrius Morinellus, Ind. Orn. ii. 747. 17. B. 

 Morinellus Anglicanus, Bris. v. 58. Id. 8vo. ii. 226. 

 Der Englische Mornell, Bechst. Deutsch. iii. 214. 

 Dotterel, Gen.Syn.v. 209. 14. A. All.Yu pi. 63. 



This varies so little from the other, as scarcely to merit notice. 

 Irides white; crown varied with white, greyish brown, and pale 

 yellow ; fore part of the neck, and the rest of the under parts, pale 

 yellow, and white mixed ; the two middle tail feathers brown, the 

 others white ; legs greenish. This is probably an immature bird. 



B. — Charadrius Tataricus, hid. Orn. ii. 746. Pall. It. ii. 714. 32.* Gen. Syn. v. 

 210. 14. Var. B. 



Size of the Missel Thrush. Crown of the head black, the feathers 

 edged with white ; over the eye a white streak, passing to the hind- 

 head, where it increases in breadth ; neck behind dark ash-colour ; 

 before the same, but paler ; sides of the head and chin white, dotted 

 with black ; across the throat a black collar ; breast ferruginous, 

 with a band of black ; from thence to the vent white ; wings brown, 

 the edges of some of the feathers yellowish : tail much the same, 

 with the end black. 



Inhabits the salt lakes of the south Deserts of Tartary, in com- 

 pany with the Dotterel, of which it is most likely a Variety. 



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