DOUBLE-BANDED DOTTEREL. 
somewhat paler on the inner webs towards the base, basal portion of inner primaries 
white on the outer web ; secondaries brown with pale inner webs and fringed with 
white at the tips on the outer web ; middle tail-feathers rather darker brown than 
the back, becoming paler on the outer feathers which have white edges at the tip, 
the outermost pair almost pure white ; fore-part of crown, lores, and cheeks black 
hke the broad band which crosses the lower-throat ; a wide chestnut band on the 
lower-breast ; forehead and a narrow line over to behind the eye white hke the 
throat, the space dividing the chestnut-and-black bands on the breast, abdomen, 
under tail-coverts, axillaries, and under wing-coverts ; bill black sHghtly tinged 
with ohve ; iris blackish-brown, eyelids scarlet ; feet pale sickly yellowish-white, 
the joints of the toes and knees browner. Total length 190 mm. ; culmen 19, 
wing 127, tail 56, tarsus 33. 
Adult female. Similar to the adult male, but the colours not so distinct. 
Female, nearly adult. Upper-parts similar to the adult male, but the feathers everywhere 
margined with rufous, the black on the forehead and cheeks scarcely pronounced, 
the dark band on the lower-throat brown instead of black, and the chestnut band 
on the breast much paler and narrower. 
Adult, in winter-plumage. Distinguished from the adult in breeding-plumage by the absence 
of the black on the lores, cheeks, and fore-part of head, also the chestnut and black 
bands on the lower-throat and breast. 
Young. Differs from the adult in the feathers of the upper-surface being margined with 
rufous, by the absence of any black on the forehead, lores, and cheeks, these parts 
being washed with sandy-buff, which colour is also shown on the lower-throat, 
where the black band of the adult is indicated by an irregular band of brovn feathers ; 
but there is no sign of a chestnut band. 
Other immature birds, in my collection, differ from the adult in having the bands 
on the chest and throat narrower, less defined, and mixed with white, and the black 
on the forehead, lores, and cheeks less pronounced. 
Chick. “ Covered with soft down of a bright sandy-yellow on the upper surface, changing 
to yeUowish-white on the under parts ; the crown of the head and the back 
prettily mottled with dark brown, of which there is also a broad streak on the 
wings and thighs” (Buller). 
Fledgling. “ Feathers of the upper parts brown largely margined with fulvous, under parts 
white with fulvous markings on the breast ; the sides of the head and lower part 
of back and rump covered with down of a dull sandy yellow spotted with black, 
and with fluffy down still adhering to other parts of the body. Bill, dark 
brown, legs brownish-grey.” (BuUer.) 
Nest. A depression in the earth (Potts). 
Eggs. “ Clutch three. Greenish-brown, much sprinkled with dark brown markings. 
Axis 35 mm. ; diameter 26.” (Potts.) 
Breeding-season. August and September (Potts, New Zealand), December (Iredale, 
New Zealand). 
Captain Samuel White of South Australia, says : “ I have fairly often met 
with this bird ; they seem to congregate in small flocks and run with great 
rapidity on the sea shore and seem to have a remarkably swift flight.” 
Mr. J. W. Mellor records this species from Kangaroo Island on the open 
beaches ; and from Yorke Peninsula, South Austraha. On the latter place 
they were “ in small flocks of 6 to 12 running over the open mud and sandy flats 
near Stansbury (April, 1911). They were searching for small marine insects 
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