94 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. vi. 



Han DA (west coast Sutherland). 

 1902 



Hebrides. 

 St, Kilda original British colony. 



1886 North Rona. 



1887 Sulisgeir. 



1902 (probably earlier) Flannan Isles. 

 1902 (probably earlier) Barra Head. 

 1904 Eilean Mor. 



1910 Shiant Isles (no doubt nesting but nests not seen). 



Ireland. 



1911 (possibly 1907) north Mayo coast. 

 1911 (probably 1910) Ulster coast. 



EARLY NESTING OF DOTTEREL. 



With respect to Mr. Borrer's note in the last issue (p. 67), 

 it may be worth mentioning that on June 14th, 1911, I picked 

 up in Inverness-shire a young Dotterel {Chamdrius mori- 

 ncllus) several days old. Allowing nineteen days for incu- 

 bation, which is probably the minimum, egg-laying in this 

 instance must have commenced not later than May 21st. 



S. E. Brock. 



[Mr. J. Watson Kendal, writing in the Field, 1885, p. 708, 

 (Vol. ^66) stated that eggs might be found from May 23rd to 

 July 5th, but mostly in June. The duration of the incubation 

 period is not exactly knoA\Ti, but Heysham stated that it 

 rarely lasted longer than 18-20 days. If we accept the lower 

 of these estimates as the maximum, Mr. Kendal's statement 

 agrees almost exactly with Mr. Brock's record. — F.C.R.J.] 



MOVING LAPWING'S EGGS. 



A Lapwing {Vanellus vanellus) made her nest, such as it was, 

 on the top of a potato drill in a large field. When found it 

 contained three eggs and the potato haulms were just showing. 

 A farm hand, coming across the nest when scarifying, and not 

 wishing to destroy the eggs, moved them three drills away — 

 a matter of six feet six inches. It may be of interest to note 

 that this did not affect the bird, for she took kindly to the new- 

 position, eventually ])ringing off her brood, notwithstanding 

 the temporary removal of the eggs on a later occasion during 

 further cultivating operations. N. F. Richardson. 



