6 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
they are fometimes taken in the following man- 
er: five or fix fowlers fet out together, and. as 
foon as they fee the Dottrels they fix-their nets ; 
then they go round, fo: that the birds may be be= 
tween fome of them and the nets: they flightly 
-toufe the birds by ftriking two ftones, or two 
pieces of wood, together. Thefe indolent Dot- 
trels awake,ftretch out a Jez,or a wing : the fowlers 
imitate them by ftretching out a Lee oranarm! 
they pretend to think that it amufes the birds, and 
prevents their attending to the nets, The Dot- 
trels then go away flowly from the fowlers, till 
they get to the net, which is fuffered-to fall upon 
them: but this method is now ines out of bi 
and the fowlers fhoot them. ) 
| The great Plover is grey; the two firft quill. 
feathers are black, except in the. middle, there 
they are white ; the bill is fharp and black; the 
feet are afh-colour. The lower eye-lid is nalkad : 
_ and clay-coloured; there is a little yellow line 
above and beneath the eyes, anda brownline from. 
aS the beak, under the eyes, to the ears, 
_. The wings of thefe Plovers are verylarge; they 
rife when the fowler is at a great diftance, efpe- 
cially in the day, and then they fly very near the ~ 
ground; they run upon mofles, and in the fields, — 
as faft as a dog. After they have run a little 
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