birds. 
SPECIES V. The Dottrel. Plate J§. The male. 
Charadrius morinellus. Lin. Jyft . 
Wil. orn. 309. 
Rail Jyn. av. 111. 
Camden. Brit. I. 570, 
Pluvialis minor, five morinellus. 
Brijfon av. V. 54. Tab. 4. Fig. 2 ? 
150. 
Caii opufc. 96. 
Morinellus avis anglica. Gefner av, 
615. 
E female dottrel, according to Mr. 
Willoughby , weighs more than four 
ounces $ the male above half an ounce 
lefs. The length of the female ten inches ; the 
breadth nineteen and a half; the male not fo 
large. The colors in both fexes agree, except 
that the female wants that black mark on the 
belly. 
Thefe birds are found in Cambridge and Lin 
O 
i colnjhire ; in the county of Derby they are mi¬ 
gratory, appearing there on the moors only in the 
months of April and May ; during which time 
they are much efteemed for their delicate flavour. 
They are reckoned a very foolilh bird, fo that a 
dull fellow is proverbially called a Dottrel, They 
* . Vt 
were alfo believed to mimick the a&ion of the 
fowler ; to ftretch out a wing when he ftretched 
out an arm, Sec. continuing their imitation, re- 
gardlefs of the net that was fpreading for them. 
SPECIES VI. The Sea Lark. 
Wil, orn. 310. 
Ran Jyn. av. 112. 
Charadrius hiaticula. Lin. fyfi. 150. 
T weighs near two ounces. The length is 
feven inches and a half $ the breadth fixteen 5 
the bill is half an inch long; the upper half 
orano-e color; the lower black : from it to the 
eyes is a black line 5 the cheeks are of the fame 
color ; the forehead white, bounded by a black 
band that pafles over from eye to eye ; the crown 
of the head is of a fine light brown $ the upper 
part of the neck is incircled with a white collar \ 
Pluvialis torquata minor. Brijfon av. 
V. 63. Tab. 5. Fig. 2. 
the lower part with a black one ; the back and 
coverts of the wings of a light brown ; the bread 
and belly white 5 the tail brown, tipt with a 
darker (hade ; the legs yellow. 
Thefe birds frequent our fhores in the fummer. 
They lay four eggs : at approach of winter they 
difappear. 
SPECIES VII. 
Sanderling, or curwillet. JVil. orn. 
3°3* 
Raii Jyn. av. 109. 
W E have received this fpecies out 
of Lancajhire'1 but it is found 
in greater plenty on the Cornijh 
(bores, where they fly in flocks. The fanderling 
The Sanderling. 
Towillee. Borlafe hift. Cornzval. 247. 
Calidris grifea minor. Brijfon av. V. 
236. Tab. 20. Fig. 2. 
weighs little more than one ounce three quarters. 
Its length is eight inches ; extent fiveteen. Its 
body is of a more (lender form than others of the 
genus. The bill is an inch long, weak and black. 
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