. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . l the species are very active and lively,run with great celerity, have a very rapid flight, and emit aclear, mellow cry. Their food consists of insects, Crustacea,mollusca, and worms. Their flesh is good, and their eggsdelicate. One species is common and resident in Britain,another occurs on the sands of the southern and easterncounties of Engla
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . l the species are very active and lively,run with great celerity, have a very rapid flight, and emit aclear, mellow cry. Their food consists of insects, Crustacea,mollusca, and worms. Their flesh is good, and their eggsdelicate. One species is common and resident in Britain,another occurs on the sands of the southern and easterncounties of England, and a third has been met with only inone or two instances. The Ring-Plovers have the body, and especially thewings and tail, more elongated than the Plovers, the neckshorter, and the head proportionally larger. White andgrey or brown, in masses, are their predominant colours;and all are broadly banded or ringed on the head and lower jiarts do not become black in spring andsummer, as is the case Avith the Plovers; nor is theirplumage ever spotted or striped like theirs. 116 CHARADRIUS HIATICULA. THE COMMONlUXG-PLOVER. RING DOTTEREL. RING PLOVER. SAND LARK. L.\\ DUL^\^LLY. STONEIL\TCU. STONE PLOVER. Il.;. 11. Clmradiius Iliatieula. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. Charadrius Iliatieula. Lath. Ind. Ornith. II. 713. Ringud riovor. Mont. Ornith. Diet, and Supplt. Grand Pluvier a collier. Charadrius Hiaticula Temm. Man. dOrnith. II. Hiaticula. Ringed Plover. Flem. Brit. Anim. Plover. Charadrius Hiaticula. Selby, Illustr. Brit. Ornith. II. Hiaticula. Ringed Plover. Jen. Brit. Vert. Anim. Hiaticula. Bonap. Comp. List. 4o. Length about eight inches, hill seven-tirelfths, lialf as longas the head, icings and tail of equal length. Adult with thetipper parts greyish-brown; the forehead u-ith tu-o bands, airJiite and a black; a dark brown band tinder the eye; a ringof white including the throat
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