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extremely probable that in a few years they will become so 

 exceedingly rare, that specimens will be procured with con- 

 siderable difficulty." The author then gives the names and 

 elevations of the mountains on which they have been known 

 to breed, viz.: — " Hellvellyn, 3055; Whiteside; Whatson 

 Dod ; Great Dod ; Saddleback, 2787 ; Skiddaw, 3022 ; Car- 

 rock Fell, 2110 ; Grassmoor, 2756; Robinson, 2292; Gold 

 Scalp, 1114 ; Great Gavel, 2925 feet above the sea-level." 



" All the eggs found on Whiteside and Robinson, were 

 very similar with respect to colour and markings, but differed 

 a little in size and formation, varying from 1-fo to 1^ of an 

 inch in length ; and in breadth from 1 T ^ to 1-^-; the ground 

 colour wine-yellow, varying a little in tint, and all thickly 

 covered with large blotches and spots of different shades of 

 brownish-black, particularly at the obtuse end." The fol- 

 lowing descriptions of the young are by the same observer. 



Young. — " Description of a young Dottrel, a few days 

 old, captured alive on Robinson, July 5th, 1835. Front of 

 the head, throat, a bare space round the neck, and all the 

 under parts covered with a whitish down. Top of the head, 

 occiput, and all the upper parts of the body, dark brown, 

 mixed here and there with buff-orange, and whitish clown. 

 The few feathers that have made their appearance on the 

 breast, belly, and flanks, buff-orange, slightly spotted with 

 greyish-brown ; a few feathers on the back blackish-brown, 

 edged with reddish-white. Bill black. Irides very dark 

 brown. Legs and toes pale cinereous, slightly tinged with 

 green." 



" Description of a young female, three weeks or a month 

 old, killed on Robinson, July 25th, 1835. Forehead, throat, 

 and sides of the face cream-yellow, covered with small spots 

 and fine streaks of greyish-brown. Crown of the head, 

 occiput, and also the feathers on the back, dark brown, all 

 more or less broadly edged with buff-orange. Scapulars and 

 wing-coverts olive-green, deeply edged with reddish-white. 

 Tail the same, finely margined with white, the centre feathers 

 broadly tipped with reddish-white, and the three lateral ones 

 on each side ending in a large irregular whitish spot. Sides 



