. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . divides the Dotterel into three species, founded upon the relative heights of the and crown, probably individual variations of no geographical significance. Charadrius morinellus, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 150 (1758) ; Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 254 (1766). Pluvialis minor, sive morinellus, Brisson, Orn. v. p. 54 (1760). Charadrius tartaricus, Pallas, Reise Russ. Reichs, ii. p. 715 (1773). Charadrius sibiricus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 690 (1788). Eudromias morinel
. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . divides the Dotterel into three species, founded upon the relative heights of the and crown, probably individual variations of no geographical significance. Charadrius morinellus, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 150 (1758) ; Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 254 (1766). Pluvialis minor, sive morinellus, Brisson, Orn. v. p. 54 (1760). Charadrius tartaricus, Pallas, Reise Russ. Reichs, ii. p. 715 (1773). Charadrius sibiricus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 690 (1788). Eudromias morinella (Linn.), Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 545 (1831). Pluvialis morinellus (Linn.), Macyillivray, Man. Brit. Birds, ii. p. 50 (1842). Morinellus sibiricus (Gmel.), Bonap. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 417 (1856). Synonymy. Plates.—Daub. PI. Enl. no. 822; Gould, Birds Gr. Brit. iv. pi. 43 ; Dresser, Birds of Europe, Literature. vii. pi. —Seebohm, British Birds, iii. p. —Seebohm, British Birds, pi. 26. figs. 1, 2, 3. Q 114 CHAEADEIUS. Specificcharacters. Geographi-cal distribu-tion. Nearest The Dotterel has grey axillaries. In breeding-plumage it is easily distinguished by-its black belly and chestnut lower breast and flanks; and at all seasons its short bill isremarkable; its bill from the frontalfeathers is shorter than the middle toeivithout the claw. The Dotterel, like the RingedPlover, is a Western Palsearctic bird,which has probably only recently ex-tended its breeding-range into Asia. Itbreeds on the tundras above the limitsof forest-growth from the Atlantic tothe Pacific, and winters in Africa northof the equator. It passes through WestSiberia, Turkestan, and Central Europeon migration, a few remaining to breedon the Alps, the mountains of GreatBritain, and Scandinavia, and a few re-maining to winter on the northern shores of the Mediterranean. The Dotterel has never been known to occur in the OrientalRegion or in South-east Siberia, and its alleged o
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