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almoil to the bafes of it's ears ; behind v/hich there 
is a large fpot of the fame colour. The head and 
body are of a tawny colour; the throat and belly 
are white, tinged with yellow; and the tail is long, 
the hairs at the beginning being very fhort, and 
billhy at the extremity. It meafures five inches 
from the nofe to the tail ; which laft is about four 
inches in length. 
The Garden Dormoufe inhabits the fcuthcrn 
countries of Europe; and is alfo found in magpies 
nefts and hollow trees about the banks of the Volga 
and other temperate parts of the Ruffian domi- 
nions. Delighting in all forts of fruit, it is very de- 
ftru61:ive to gardens; and generally fixes it's abode 
in a hole of Ibme decayed wall, where it remains in 
a ftate of torpidity during the winter. It has a 
rank fmell, like that of the rat ; and ufually brings 
forth five or fix at a time. 
Dormouse, Earless. The head of this fpe- 
cies is flat; the nofe is obtufe; the eyes are full and 
black; and the upper lip is divided. The aper- 
tures of the ears are fcarcely vifible; the whiflcers 
are long; the toes are large and diftind:; and the 
claws are very long. The head, back, fides, and 
front of the fore-legs, are of a pale ferruginous co- 
lour intermixed with black; a black line extends 
on each fide from the fhoulder to the hind-parts, 
and above each eye there is another ; the belly and 
feet are of a dirty white hue; the tail is black in the 
middle, and hoary on the fides; and the hind-legs 
are black behind, and naked. 
This animal, which inhabits the interior parts 
of Africa, never climbs trees, but burrows under 
ground ; and feeds on bulbous roots, efpecially po- 
tatoes, of which it appears exceedingly fond. It 
frequently walks on it's hincl-feet; it is very tame 
and inoffenfive; and it covers the orifice of it's neft 
with various materials, the better to conceal the 
inhabitants. 
DORSCH. a fmall fifli of the cod kind fre- 
quently caught in the Baltic, though but rarely 
in other feas ; and known among authors by the 
name of afellus varius, or ftriatus. It is remark- 
able for having the fofteft and fmootheft {kin of all 
the cod kind; neverthelefs, it is not deflritiite of 
fcales. It ufually grows to about a foot in length ; 
and approaches very nearly to the whiting pollack; 
but with this difference, that it is fiirnifhed with a 
beard. It's flefh is delicate and wholefome, 
DOTTEREL. The name by which the mo- 
rinellus is commonly known in moll parts of Great 
Britain. This bird is about ten inches long, and 
the expanfion of it's wings is nineteen and upwards. 
The female weighs about a quarter of a pound ; 
but the male is fomewhat lighter, as well as fmaller. 
The bill is black, fiender, and about an inch long; 
the forehead, top, and back of the head, are black, 
except that there are fome white fpots in the form- 
er; and a broad white line over the eyes furrounds 
the whole. The cheeks and throat are white; the 
neck is of a cinereous olive-colour; the middle of 
the feathers on the back, as well as the coverts of the 
wings and tail, are olive, the edges of the wings be- 
ing of a dull deep yellow; and the quill-feathers are 
brown, except the exterior fide of the firft; feather, 
which is white. The tail is compofed of twelve 
brown olive-coloured feathers, barred with black 
near their ends, and tipped with white. The breaft 
and fides ai-e a dull orange; and immediately above 
them runs a white line, bounded by a very narrow ' 
black one. The belly is black; the thighs and 
vent-feathers are .white; the legs are a yellowifh 
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green ; and the toes are duficy. The colours in tht 
female are generally more dull than thofe in the 
male; the white line over the eye is fmaller; the 
crown of the head is mottled with brown and 
white; the tranfverfe white line on the breaft is 
wanting; and the belly is mixed with black and 
white. 
Dotterels inhabit Lincolnfliire, Cambridgefhire, 
and Derbyfliire. On Lincoln Heath, and on the 
moors of Derbyfhire, they are migratory, appear- 
ing in fmall flocks about the latter end of April,' 
and continuing only till the middle of June; dur- 
ing which tiirie they grow very fat, and are 
efteemed delicious food. In April and September, 
they frequent the Wiltfhire and Berkfliire downs; 
but their breeding-places, as well as their winter 
retreats, are totally unknown. 
The Dotterel, which is an extremely fimple ani- 
mal, is fometimes taken in the night-time by can- 
dle-light. If the fowler fl:retchcs out an arm, the 
bird alfo expands one of it's wings ; and if he moves 
a foot, the Dotterel does the fame: in fliort, this 
filly bird imitates it's infidious enemy to the ut- 
moft of it's power, while he is bufied in fpreading 
the net for it's deftrudion. However, fince the 
univerfal ufe of fire-arms, this mode of catching 
Dotterels has been difcontlnued, as proving too te- 
dious; and, at prefent, the fportfman watches the 
arrival of his prey, and difpatches it with his fowl- 
ing-piece. 
Dotterel, Sea, or Turn-Stone ; the mori- 
nella tringa of Linnseus. This bird frequents the 
Cornifh coafts. The bill is ftraight, black, near 
an inch long, thick at the bafe, fliarp at the point, 
fomewhat deprefl^ed, and pretty hard. The upper 
part of the body, except the back, which is white, 
and the top of the breaft, are of a brown colour; 
the lower parts, except the breaft, are of a fnowy 
v/hitenefs ; and on the rump there is a large tranf- 
verfe black mark. Near the joint of the wings 
there is a white fpot; the lower parts of the tail- 
feathers are white, and the upper black; and the 
legs are fhort, and of a faffron colour. 
DOUC. A fpecies of monkey peculiar to Co- 
chin-China. It grows to the fize of the baboon; 
and has a very long tail, and a flat face like that 
of the ape. It likewife refembles the American 
monkey, in having no callofity on it's pofteriors. 
Thus it appears in fome meafure to unite thefe dif- 
ferent genera of animals, and to link the monkies 
of the old continent with thofe of the new. 
DOVE. A beautiful genus of birds, diftin- 
guifhed from the pigeon tribe only by the diverfity 
of their names, all of them deriving their origin 
from the StoCk-Dove; tlieEnglifh name implying 
the ftock or ftem from which the other domeftic 
kinds have been propagated. 
Stock-Doves breed either in the holes of rocks, 
or in excavated trees of the foi efts. All other birds 
of the pigeon kind, like rooks, build their nefts in 
the moft towering branches: but this fpecies gene- 
rally refides in artificial cavities; and, from the 
united allurements of ready provifions and a nu- 
merous fociety, eafily fubmits to the human fpecies^ 
Still, however, it preferves it's native hue for le- 
veral generations; and becomes more variegated 
only in proportion as it deviates from the original 
fimplicity of it's fylvan colouring. 
Dove, Ring. This bird is called columba pa- 
lumbus by LinnjEus, palumbus torquatus by Al- 
drovandus and others, and phaflfa by the Greeks- 
It's beak is yellow ; it's feet are naked and red; and. 
it's 
