History of British animals - University of Guam Marine Laboratory

Charadrius. BIRDS. PRESSIROSTRFS. USduring winter. It probably breeds with us, as Mr Simmonds observed it inthe Mull of Cantyre oil the 2d J une (Linn. Trans, viii. 268), and Mi Bullockin the end of June, in " the most northern part of Scotland."—Mont.Orn. Diet. Suppt.Gen. LXXV. CHARADRIUS. Plover. — Bill shorterthan the head, upper mandible swollen dorsally near theend.163. C. Pluvialis. Green Plover.— Bill and legs dusky, plumage,above, black, with yellowish green spots.Pluvialis viridis, Will. Orn. 229. Sibb. Scot. 19—Char. Pluv. Linn. Syst.i. 254 Golden Plover, Penn. Brit. Zool. ii. 474—Char. Pluv. Temm.Orn. ii. 535 E, Grey Plover, Whistling Plover ; IP, Cwttyn yr aur.— Common on heaths in summer, and the sea-shore in winter.Length 11, breadth 24 inches ;weight 9 ounces. Bill one inch. Irides hazel.Front, and a space above the eyes, white ; neck white, with dusky andyellow spots ; belly white. Breast black. Quills dusky, with white margins.Tail of 12 feathers. In winter the black on the back tildes to dusky, and theblack on the breast disappears. The female has the black on the breast lessdistinct Nest, of a few rushes, in heaths. Eggs 4, cinereous-olive, blotchedwith dusky— In the young the yellow is less bright, and the whole, plumagehas a cinereous tinge.164. C. Mormellus. Dottrel.— Bill and legs dusky; breastdull orange, passing, above, into a transverse line of white, surmountedby a narrow one of black.Morinellus Anglorum, Will. Orn. 230. Sibb. Scot. 19—Char. Mor.Linn. Syst.i. 254. Penn. Brit. Zool. ii. 477- Temm. Orn. ii. 537W, Huttan ; G, Amadan mointich.— A summer visitant.Length 10, breadth 19 inches; weight 5 ounces. Bill an inch in length.Irides hazel. Feet with a greenish tinge. Cheeks, throat, and a broad stripefrom above the eyes to the nape, white ; crown and belly black. Back olivebrown,with ferruginous margins. Vent and thighs rufous. Quills duskybrown;the shaft of the first white. Tail of 12 feathers; brown, barred nearthe end with black, and tipped with white. In winter the plumage, above,has a cinereous tinge.The female has likewise more cinereous, and the blackonthe belly is mixed with white.— Nest unknown—The young have thecrown reddish, with longitudinal dark streaks.— This species appears in Englandand the south of Scotland in April, and again in September. On theGrampians, however, there is reason to believe that it breeds. In the StatisticalAccount of the Parish of Carmylie (vol. i. 437), " it is said, The dottrels,birds of passage, alight on the rising grounds, about the beginning ofApril, continue here about three weeks, remove to the Grampian hills about12 miles to the northward, and revisit this parish about the beginning of August.After here about three abiding weeks, they fly off to the southward,and are not seen till the first of April following." Colonel Thornton informedMontagu that he saw dottrels in pairs on the Grampians but not young;birds.165. C. Hiaticida. Ringed Plover. — Bill and legs orange:breast with a large black patch encirclingthe neck.Will. Orn. 230. Sibb. Scot. 19. Linn. Syst. 253. Penn. Brit. Zool.ii. 479. Temm. Orn. i. 539— E, Ring Dottrel, Sea Lark, Dulwilly ; .V,Sandy Laverock, 2V, Sandy Loo ltesident.VOL. I. j[