340 BlllTlSH BIRDS' XESTS. 



the other from the outside. On high moorland and 

 imcultivated districts, hare of trees but abomiding 

 in rocks. To he met witli in suitable districts 

 over the whole of the British Isles, but most 

 numerous in the North of England, Wales, Scotland, 

 and Ireland. 



Materials. — Roots, dead grass, moss, lined with 

 wool, hair, rabbits' down, and feathers, loosely and 

 clumsily put together. The materials named are, 

 of course, not all present in the same nest, but are 

 found according to the facilities the bird may enjoy 

 for picking them up. 



Efjfjs. — Four to seven, more generally five or six, 

 of a pale greenish-blue, imspotted. I have found 

 specimens nearly white sometimes, and they are 

 said to be met with occasionally with a few small 

 rusty spots on the larger end. Size about '83 by 

 •61 in. 



Time. — April, May, and June. 



Bemarlis. — Migratory, arriving in March and 

 departing in August or September, stray individuals 

 sometimes lingering as late as December. Notes : 

 cliicli-cliacli-cliaclx. Local and other names : AYliite 

 Eump, Fallow Chat, Fallow Smick, Chacker, Chack- 

 bird. Clodhopper, Fallow Fincli. A close sitter. 



WHIMBREL 



Descrijftion of Parent Birds. — Length about 

 sixteen inches. Bill long, slender, curved down- 

 ward, and brown ; dark at the tip, and lighter 

 towards the base. Crown dark brown, with a light 

 central streak, and another passing from the base 

 of the beak over the eye and ear-coverts ; neck 

 brownish-grey, streaked with dark brown. Wings 



