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THE DOTTEREL. 
kinds, on which they fatten so as to become tolerably good 
eating. This species is known in Pennsylvania by the 
name of the Whistling Field Plover, suggested by the loud 
and modulated cries which it emits.' 
DOTTEREL PLC YEP.. 
The Dotterel Plover (ChamdriuSj or PJuvialis Mori- 
nellies). — The Dotterel, as this bird is commonly called, is 
considerably smaller than the Golden Plover, which it 
closely resembles in shape ; it has a somewhat longer and 
more rounded tail ; it has more of red and less of yellow 
in its plumage, whose prevailing tints are reddish brown 
and grey, with a pleasing intermixture of white. This 
bird is a periodical visitant with|jis, making its appearance 
in flocks in April and May, when it migrates northward, 
and again in September and October, when it returns to 
its winter haunts. Some individuals remain to breed in 
Britain, choosing especially the mountainous districts of 
Cumberland and Westmoreland, and parts of the Grampian 
range. They make no nest, but deposit their eggs, three or 
four in number, in any convenient cavity, generally in a 
dry place, and sheltered by a stone or fragment of rock. 
After breeding they betake themselves to the lower, parts 
of the country, and are always found several together. 
They are easily shot, remaining quiet until the fowler has 
approached very near, and then running from him with 
outstretched wings, without attempting to fly. This 
