CHARADRIUS MORINELLUS. 
DOTTREL. 
Generic Character. See C. pluvialis. 
Charadrius Morinellus ; pector© ferrugipeo^ fascia 
supercilioruui pectorisque lineari alba^ 
pedibus nigris. 
Dottrel. Bred^st ferrugineous ; band over the eyes 
atid line oti the breast white ; legs black. 
Charadrils Morinellus. Lin. Syst, v. 1. p, 254 
Gmel, Si/st. v. 2. p. 686. Ind. Orn. v. 2. 
^.746. Raii Syn. p. 111. 
Petit Pluvier, ou le Guicnard. Buff. Hist. d'Ois, 
V. 8. p. 87. lb. PL Enl 832. 
PluvierGuignard. Temm. Man. d'Orn. ed.2.p.537. 
Dottrel. Br. Zool. Svo. ed. v. 2. p. 102, pL 18. 
Arct. Zool. V. 2. p. 210, Albin. v. 2. p. 62. 
63. Lath. Sj/n, v. 5 p. 208. Lewin Br. 
Birds, V. 5. t. 186. Don. Br. Birds, v. 2, 
t. 42. Mont. Orn. Diet. lb. Sup. Bewick's 
Br. Birds, pt. 1 . p. 344. 
JuENGTH nine inches and a half ; breadth eioeteeiu 
inches ; weight from three ounces and a half to live ounces* 
The female wants the white line on the breastj and that 
over the eye is mottled ; the crown of the head is brown^ 
with a few white feathers ; and the whole of the colours are 
duller than in the other sex. The young birds are of a pale 
rufous brown on the under parts, and the back^ neck, and 
head are mottled brown ; they do not attain their full 
plumage until the second year. 
