166 NATUBALIST'S CABINET. 



Description*. 



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THE RINGED PLOVER 



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IS seven inches and a half long though it 



weighs only two ounces ; the bill is half an inch 

 Jong, and from it to the eyes runs a black line. 

 The upper part of the neck is encircled with a 

 white collar, the lower part with a black one. 

 The back and wings are light brown, the breast 

 and belly are white, the legs yellow. They fre- 

 quent our shores in summer. 



THE KNOT. 



THIS bird measures not more than nine inches 

 and weighs only four ounces and an half. The 

 head and neck are ash-colour, the back and sca- 

 pulars brown, with a white bar on the wings. 

 They frequent the coasts of Lincolnshire from 

 August to November, and when fattened, are pre- 

 ferred by some to the ruffs themselves. 



THE PURRO 



WEIGHS only an ounce an half, and is in 

 length seven inches. A white stroke divides the 

 T)ill and eyes. The upper parts of the plumage 

 are brownish ash-colour, and the breast and belly 

 white, as are the lower parts of the quill-feathers. 



These birds come in vast flocks on our sea- 

 coasts in winter, and in their flight observe un- 

 common regularity, appearing like a white or 



