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RINGED PLOVER. 



present the more certain method of the gun has 

 superseded this singular artifice, as it is easily shot, 

 seldom flying to any great distance when dis- 

 turbed. 



The Dottrel is a migratory species, being seen 

 on our moors and downs in its flights to and from 

 its breeding place, from April to June, and again 

 from September to November : they fly in flocks 

 of five or six during the latter period ; these are 

 generally the old birds and young brood, though 

 occasionally upwards of a dozen are seen together. 

 It is said to breed in Russia and Siberia, and other 

 northern parts of Europe ; they are likewise sup- 

 posed to breed in Cumberland and Westmorland, 

 as they are abundant in some parts of those 

 counties during the breeding season, and are also 

 observed at the same period on the Scotch High- 

 lands, 



RINGED PLOVER. 



(Charadrius Hiaticula.) 



Ch. corpore griseo^fusco, subtus albo, pectore nigro,Jronte nigri- 

 cante Jasciola albd, vertice Jiisco, rostro rubra apice nigro, pe- 

 dibus luteis. 



Plover with a grey-brown body ; beneath white ; with the 

 breast black ; the forehead dusky, with a white stripe ; the 

 crown brown ; the beak redj with a black tip 5 the feet 

 yellow. 



