THE BLACK-BREASTED DOTTERELS. 
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base of forehead and lores white, mottled with black spots ; 
a broad white eyebrow, extending as far back as the sides of 
the nape ; sides of face and ear-coverts white, spotted and 
streaked with dusky-brown, the car-coverts brown along the 
upper and hinder margin ; throat white, with dusky streaks 
on the lower throat ; sides of neck and a broad band across 
the fore-neck light ashy-brown, marked with sandy-buff, and 
bordered on its lower edge by a narrow band of black, this 
black band followed by a band of white across the chest ; 
breast and sides of the body orange-chestnut ; centre of breast 
and upper abdomen black ; lower abdomen, thighs, and under 
tail-coverts pure white ; axillaries, under wing-coverts, and 
quill-lining pale smoky-grey ; bill blackish ; legs brownish- 
green; toes blackish-grey; iris brown. Total length, 8 '5 
inches; culmen, 075; wing, 5-8; tail, 27 ; tarsus, 1-4. 
Adult Female. — Similar to the male, but not quite so brightly 
coloured, and the black patch on the abdomen less developed. 
It is generally said that the female Dotterel is the brighter 
of the two. I cannot find this fact borne out by our series in 
the British Museum, and in the pair procured by Mr. Ogilvie- 
Grant in Ross-shire, the male was distinctly richer in colour 
than the female. 
Winter Plumage. — Wants the black on the abdomen, and also 
the chest-bands. The colour of the upper plumage is like 
that of summer, except that the head is not so black, 
being brown, with sandy-buff streaks; the sides of the face 
ashy-fulvous, streaked with dark brown ; the chin white ; throat 
ashy-brown, streaked with dusky-brown, with a faintly indicated 
band of white on the chest ; remainder of under surface of 
body isabelline-white, with a saudy-buff tinge on the sides oi 
the body. 
Young Birds. — Resemble the winter plumage of the adults, 
but distinguished by having the mantle blackish-brown, with 
whitish edgings to the feathers; the throat and under-parts 
washed with ochreous-buff. 
Nestlings. — Black above, mottled with spots of rufous or 
sandy-buff ; head patterned with black, with a conspicuous 
white forehead and eyebrow, with a black loral streak, and a 
