. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. GOLDEN Chaniih'ius jtluvuilis. DOTTEREL KENTISH I' coiKicuiKS. -Chnrodtiiis iiwrincHiis. In'oedma-placcs are on Ido], crrounds, and the c-s, mostly three in number, are p aced on a lew omss stems laid carelessly in a depression in the soil sheltered m most cases by a large stono or fragment of rock. The colour of the eggs is like that of the fjolilon rlover. toi)of the head and hack of the are dark brown; above the eye a rather broad whiestrea
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. GOLDEN Chaniih'ius jtluvuilis. DOTTEREL KENTISH I' coiKicuiKS. -Chnrodtiiis iiwrincHiis. In'oedma-placcs are on Ido], crrounds, and the c-s, mostly three in number, are p aced on a lew omss stems laid carelessly in a depression in the soil sheltered m most cases by a large stono or fragment of rock. The colour of the eggs is like that of the fjolilon rlover. toi)of the head and hack of the are dark brown; above the eye a rather broad whiestreak runs towards the nape of the neck, the chin and sides of the face are wluto speckled with darker tmts. The back is ashen brown, and the scapularies and win-. coverts ar,., with bnlt. l!ie ]irimaries arc ashen grey mixed with white. The throSt IS ashou grey, and the breast is rich dark fawn, by a bold white streak, across the breast and terminating at the shoulders. The abdomen is black and he im'l^;i' ail-coverts bully white. In the summer the breast is buffy white. The total IiiiSth ot this bird is not quite ten inches. Thk pretty little Kentish Tlovek may he see:i on some of our shores, running alon^ thee, ue ot the waves with surprising , pecking here and there as the waves retreat ami uttermg its hajipy whistling little notes as it runs. It bcjirs ,1 resemblance to the Plover {Chnrndrim hlatkuJa), hut be .hstmguished trom that bird by the smaller size th.^ broken black collar on the >hH, wlucli does not extend completely across the breast. The best mode of observin-^ tins bird .,r indeed, the many si-ceies that haunt the shores, is to get on the cliffs, lie down aiimii- tlie high grass and herbage, and make use of a good double fiehUlas- With -n Hidinarv telescope the birds get out of the tield too rapidly, and they are liable to be alarmed by the movements of the tube. »* â 51 Mi
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