JHIATICULA MONACHA.
’ H o o d e d D o t t r e l .
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Hiaticula Mrnacha, lis t of B ii .l 'y f I f e i t ^ u - rZ i ’ p^rt in p 7u
^ T his .ejeg^g species, o f d o ttre l re unwers^ly. daHpej-g.efl^&e^ the sea-coasts of the southern parts o f
*• i P haPs rn o reK ^ d a u t in Van iS t iB s J J t o d and-tfejslands ip Bass’s Straits than else-
■ whpre, i ^ n s f .W m d ■< lar mlind, n § ,jv y , ^ ^
wjjeh resgeqt it differs ®Qm-,|hes|g||g( o f the Common Dottrel of Europe^!» whipbiJj$yo nearly allied. I
,' f||£t't«pl#iatind i t s ^ d eggs on the s^ipgly beaeh in |B g | h f depression hollowed o oShyth e bird for their
feQeption.juSt above-high-water mart th e s a a rp 'j.^ ^ ^ ^ m ai^earaianei1^ ® m a t e r ia l npon.wjbieh they
are*deposited that’ tle y waufij; tdadtfy e^spei *.^!ual.obaerrec j those I c o i f e d were of
a pale stone,colour, sprinkled over w s^m^itro^mil-irre giilarfy -s^aped marks o f b r a j S black, and
a halflong by one lDcfca^'d an eighth Broad.
7 -While,WppfnglOYer. $ e sandy beaphJwhjW^does wii h mAolng.Uice c^.movement;-the black head of
;|b||male shows very conspicuously.
The male has ^ e jiee(4 fore-part o f tlje neck, a^jfehaud a erosghe .upper p|rt o f the baek sooty blaek;
back o f the neck and sUfthp-esdsp swfeee white freyish brown; centre o f the
“Vfed the basal'portion of the internal w ^ f tC t te p r im a p a s mid secondaries white, the rest black, two
middle taififeathers b la c ty > J^ ^ | |B t ie x t ^ ^ ^ fe-s id eTw Bitea t^ gh a se mid' tip a n d J ih A iP the centre,
-the n?®lS5oiDg feathers ; irides'ylllijwish •cnroj.'ange-hrowii;''eyelash rich ^reddish orange or
scarlet; bifkrieh orange ba^e, passing iptq,yellQw’ and black at thfftfp; leg*flesh-colour.
S ® e|§g® ]b differs froib’ the male itf crown mooted! with black and white, the free and throat
•white, and in.having 0% a'narrow line .of blaek at the base pfttie neck behind-'
Youthful hkds mgy he'known b j i f^ i r resembling the female.'Wt^bjid^^e'fea thers of the back and
upper surface narrowly fringed witbt j^pffiiish black.
The figures represent the two sexes o f the natural m e ;