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THE RINGED DOTTEREL. 
Charadrius Haticula, Linn-eus. 
PLATE XXIII. 
Charadrius hiatieula, Linn., Ac. — Grand pluvier a collier, 
Temm . — Ringed Plover or Dotterel, Sea Lark of British 
authors. 
This lively species is abundant on all our coasts, 
wherever they are hounded by a sandy or gravelly 
beach, and their shrill and plaintive whistle will in- 
dicate their vicinity, long before the unaccustomed 
eye can detect the birds running among the shingle, 
to the colour of which the plumage closely assimi- 
lates. It is a constant resident with us ; hut, at the 
same time, an accession of numbers seems to be an- 
nually received during winter, from higher latitudes, 
where they are only summer visitants. The sea 
shore, in the situations mentioned, is almost their 
constant haunt ; there they breed among the shingle, 
just out of water mark, depositing their eggs in some 
slight hollow, and there they feed, summer and 
winter, after the tide has retreated, finding daily the 
supply of food renewed. Exceptions, however, occur, 
where they breed at a greater distance from the sea 
