L IT T 11 1 R 1 N G f: D O T T R E 1 , | ..
ClutradttUi, ufiaiior, Meyer.
i * ;•/. collier. -
»:« are indebted ip oar friend Sfr !fem7 Dotiblcday, o f Epping, for the loan o f « , ¿tain, pi« I f :i is e'k:
Stole Plover, which be inform« i#t «waft taken at Shocehain in Sussex. From the. eatifcma youth o f r|-..;
¡«^t-eluien transmitted to tut, it is clewti ^ it must hate 'been bred 'on the spat 5 and it 0; w-xrthy Iwf notice ¡hat
'in' person who killed it affirms- thiat. ho .present brrjj | | he a resident .'oft; part of
of eUher o f the Other A e th e r ' tdiitf-' ’MutiM* ^|o t | H f’ «li«res or not, it-may now- "k
i^ w aW y claim; a | | | | | | 'the'feuraa -of o t i v :| ® i * to
notiee o f British ornithoiiogists, an^istii! ¡awe so <3i»at';he only 'Rjhtft,*.:--tn
$»> the hands o f m ««hvidusd «0 «¡hhkwjl* m *8» «hSiac*^ of o«r native Vi fo .. «ha«*
%Bl«oiietf. On the % jjj| jjjjjj jj |i$||§f| frim, f a M w m - - S . B . i ..
if,«« abundant in the South o f Oennaoj ¡¡wiw m ||I||i|i|i(i ifou; |ii ^ |ii|tjijpi|j ¡¿¡|| fun*«} ;iS i( m i | j H.
.Htafiand, ever giving the preference to the bordimt d ‘ targv. ror,". »•«*•{»*«* ¡¡W* ¡t.c ¡.i i - vy,
it with American sped. nens, and can attest tliat dbev are sppfivi^i^'ni
/$(» general habits, manners, and mode o f life arc atricliv b eocowlanee with the Common Rir--«roM!'h
Siijfef that species it constructs its nest on the sand and shingles w hich bolder the water's -edge. The eggs am
•ioftr or five in number, o f a ‘yellowish white colour, marked with blotches o f black and brown.
•I’fee adults ol both sexes are nearly alike in plumage; the yoiuig, on the eontrarv, do not acquire d«\ eoihr
«0$ black mark«*#» mt$ the IfNwb fbe Common BirigvDottrell, tlm oidy bird in Europe with
which it could he »«being much smaller in size, in having ¿he beak «"tetirrly. Mnrhi'atiR"
e •..-{! parafcivcly small, .;■«■ K iM'bia; ¡:-T -.:H -i; i>!
th e adults have the MIT bitoiK u . f c L j ii‘ u iw .mtewt ¡«**«1^ bum l&m t lft to $11| | i ; S i | I
•iiS’iii'1 the ear-otn'erta; the forehimd afetti-W''^ Wuihiji: Hnnit!-! 'mjinttrfi1 jUjft-wi
«|*e g the occiput grey, bewajit'k wliich a ,-.i{ ..4,# »>,. . . .......
hy ¡¿ black bund, broad on the ctw&t- buf ¡lArriMf'«'«! w ! - iiiilj
Iteoi and legs deah colour; irides
young entirely want-the black «plkur «isd fediuf isi* ^-Wi? ;fi| rfehwiifHMBh
g re y ; in -every other respect they .Kftwiflfcibb; ilw i|® jj ; ,, :r;, \L
w^ole o f the upper plumage and thni .eve> v featiie-r-w ¡slv..:; ’ - : |i i , :
- Plate represents an adult, and a yoiing bird of the o f fhw .