\7l lUKi) (;Ar.i.i;nv. 



mould. The groui) cxliibitcd is remarkable lor the great disparity in 

 the size of the youiiy birds^ and lor Ihe unusually cleanly eouditiou ot 

 the nest. 



I'oklisa, Hungary, .luue. 



P resent cil hij V. (i. Daiiford, Usq. 



No. lOl. DUNLIN. (Feluiuu ali.iiiii) 



Throughout the year this Saudpijier is euiiiniou on the shores and 

 tidal rivers of the ]5i'itish Islands and may be met with iu large floeks 

 on the nuul-Hats and sand-banks une(jvered Ijy the tide. In suninier 

 most of the adult birds move inland to the more extensive moorlands 

 and marshy districts to breed, and are tlum fairly plentiful in Scotland 

 and the northern counties of England^ but rare in the souths and local 

 in Wales and Ireland. The nest, a mere depression in the turf, slightly 

 lined with dead grass, is situated among shoi't heather or in a tussock 

 of coarse grass. Tiie four eggs are usually of a pale green colour 

 blotciied and spotted with grey and reddish-brown. 



Cunibcrland, .1 une. 

 I'reseii/ei/ //// llie Her. H. A. Mceji/ier.yfjii. 



No. 102. GOLDEN PLOVER. (( 'haradrius pluvialis.) 



Thouah numbers of these biril.s are I'csident in the 13ritis!i Islands 

 throughout the year, the species is most plentiful during the periods of 

 migration and in winter, when vast flocks frequent the pastures and 

 coasts, in search of the insects, worms, molluscs, etc., on which they 

 feed. In March the birds, which ijreed in our islands, retire to the 

 HKJors and prepare a slight hollow in the ground, usually among heather 

 or short grass, for their eggs. These are always four in number, aud 

 are yellowish- butf. handsomely blotched and sj)otted with purplish- 

 brown aud brownish-black. 



After the autumn moult the black uuderparts are I'cplaecd by white. 



Yorkshire, May. 

 Presented III! Lard ll'(i/siii(//iai/i. 



No. 103. LAPWING or PEEWIT. (N'aiielUis vaiiellus.) 



A common resident throughout the British Islands, its numbers 

 being largely augmented in autumn by the arrival of large floeks from 



