DOTTEREL. 
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under wing coverts, greyish white. The tail, of twelve feathers, 
and slightly wedge-shaped, is greyish brown; the centre ones 
scarcely tipped with dull white, the three outside ones with 
broader ends of white; legs and toes, dull greenish yellow; 
claws, dusky black. 
In the female the streak over the eye and sides of the 
head are reddish white, with a few specks and lines of brown; 
forehead white, streaked with brown; crown, brownish black; 
the feathers edged with pale reddish brown. Neck and nape, 
greyish ash-colour, tinged with pale orange brown; chin and 
throat, reddish white, with a few specks and streaks of brown. 
The band on the breast is not so distinct, and greyish white; 
the orange brown much paler, and marbled and tinged with 
greyish ash-colour; and the lower part mixed with white 
feathers; back, brown tinged with grey; each feather being 
deeply edged with pale orange brown. Tail, deep brown; the 
two middle feathers margined near their tips with reddish white, 
the rest having large white tips, the outermost feather with 
its outer web white. Under tail coverts, reddish white. 
In the young the bill is black; iris, dark brown; over the 
eye is a broad band of buff orange; forehead, and sides of 
the head, yellowish cream-colour, with small spots and streaks 
of greyish brown; crown and back of the head, neck on the 
back, and nape, dark brown, all more or less broadly edged 
with buff orange; neck on the sides, buff orange. Breast, 
grey, slightly tinged with reddish white, and marked on each 
side with large spots of olive green; below white, spotted here 
•ind there with greyish brown. Greater and lesser wing coverts, 
olive green, deeply edged with reddish white. Tail, olive 
green, the feathers margined with white, the centre ones 
tipped with reddish white, and the three side ones ending in 
a large irregular whitish spot. Legs, pale olive green; toes, 
light yellow on the soles. 
The plate is from a drawing by the Rev. R. P. Alington. 
