. The birds of our country. . RINGED PLOVER. CHARADRIUS HIATICULA. Family Charadriid^, Genus Charadrius. Ringed Dotterel—Shell Turner—Wideawake—Stone- runner—Stonehatch. The Ringed Plover is one of the commonest of our coast birds, and perhaps, if we except the DunUn, with which species it is frequently found in company, is the most numerous of all. It is a resident bird in the British Isles, its numbers being increased in the autumn by migrations. It is most commonly found on the sandy coast, but is also found less numerously some distance inland on the sand banks and flats of our large river
. The birds of our country. . RINGED PLOVER. CHARADRIUS HIATICULA. Family Charadriid^, Genus Charadrius. Ringed Dotterel—Shell Turner—Wideawake—Stone- runner—Stonehatch. The Ringed Plover is one of the commonest of our coast birds, and perhaps, if we except the DunUn, with which species it is frequently found in company, is the most numerous of all. It is a resident bird in the British Isles, its numbers being increased in the autumn by migrations. It is most commonly found on the sandy coast, but is also found less numerously some distance inland on the sand banks and flats of our large rivers and lakes. The Ringed Plover is a handsome little bird. Grey is the colour of the upper parts and white of the under parts ; there is a white ring round the neck, bordered with two narrow black rings above and below which broaden out around the eyes and on the breast. It is shy and wary, and when its nest is approached will run some little distance along the ground before. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stewart, H. E. London, Digby, Long & Co.
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