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3iaradrius hiaticula ; iZònsi/.J
RING DOTTRELL.
C h a ra c lr iu s h ia t i c u la , Linn.
;/ Le Grand Piuvier A collier.
Or all those elegant birds which eautitute the gwup of the genus Charadrius generally termed DottrelW*
the present beautiful species is by &r «k> most common and univesrwliyspread, being aoinhabitaat, not only
of our own shores, but. equally «> d i j f * -< tmposte Europe h gwwral, as well as of North America. Its
favourite localities are flat* along «fee s&totv particularly where tofe « tfevebb' retires to a distance, and
leaves extensive beds trf «and or »fefeftfku :• v, not, however, to the margin of the sea, being
not unfrequently met with she i f $£** tod at pobw d*-.:-,. - Tjvim she mouths o f largo rW s . It
appears to be a bird which rwdimw ,A.r . • - • * ***** *.;>:.-<?•
shore among broken shells and gravel, merely hollowing ©fit a saw# !&.< . .«
which are of considerable size in proportion to the bulk of ij'ci: ; .■ •• /'¿-u, . :.. i- ^ ¡u*
as general among the Charwtriadm. Their a km is yrftowtsh white, stre&ed m i «totti# i?p.# fior
marks of black, which are most
^ young, while yet covered with down, ami hatched a few days only,, run with great quickness ami
dexterity, separating and squatting for concealment among the loose stbyes ami long weeds of the shore on the
. appearance of danger, while the parents exert every artifice to draw off the intruder to a distance, uttering
their mottiTiM cry. aud feigning inability to escape piusuit-
- The food of the JRing Dottreil, which it aearcKes-tbr on the shore,eonsi8fc8ofworra8mid insccta o? various r
T ‘ . ^rc );n t lie s um m e r * » d w in te r p lum a g e c o n s is t s r a th e r in t o e d e p th o f f i f e b l a d
purenm flf lS i S l to* S&tott »if'Witbfiàa*»- ($m» 1« ¡my. decided e fe s ie , .1»
. thè' plusKifk'v ||§|ff||fg §J toat «T # mxmmre M »¿»f ctey«r, i» ufóri» Aw Ww* baud i l l .•!».>, t Is
. in th c a te d g r e y , •
' T h e a d u l t ' confisi»»o i f s 'l t r o w tu s h grey ovtfir toe w h o le ;o f the
coverts; g broad black np£| ¿totojpaftr tik'i ifflrniiii P$PKHp$ pistil ^|ip| Vh*
.extremities meet; beak ItfigbS retouv tows» >!•».... ; .-s, •; ||
: The female -differs in .having ¡«»renal barrit $|f|| $0 *.*-■#•#»,* me mfi o f a somewhat
- browner hue,
■’ Besides haying. only indicati©»** jrf she jiectoral tavfd tog !‘*.i ; • )t„ ,• Ui<- if u<>
mrfitce of a: light-brown, edged w*?tfiv ••’j&.iwMb. the e%i! 1 ‘Vtru v verv oOtcure i the beak' bfackish r
• and the tarsi dull yellow.
The' Plate represents a male ¡tod female iirto»:'^*^' nataral s iz e . '