THE DOTTEREL. 



217 



Parish. 



Cock- 

 burns- 

 path — 



continiied. 



Colding- 

 hain. 



Source of infor- 

 mation, and date 

 when obtained. 



J. Hardy, Esq., 

 Oldcambus, 

 1886. 



Mr. John Bolton, 

 gamekeeper, 

 Dunglass, in 

 letter dated 

 3rd Dec. 1884. 



Arthur Hardy, 

 Esq., Penman- 

 shiel, 1st Dec. 

 1886. 



Wm. Allan, Esq., 

 Bowshiel, Nov. 

 1884. 



Robert Cowe, 

 Esq., Old- 

 castles, July 

 1885. 



James Hardy, 

 Esq., Oldcam- 

 bus, 1886. 



Notes. 



1876, \5th April. — For some years back 

 Dotterels came in the end of September 

 to high fields between Headchester and 

 Daumae (otherwise Redheugh Hill). A 

 flock of seven noticed last year. 



1877, Ibth May. — Heard about eight days 

 ago on heights above Redheugh. 



1879, IWi May. — A flock is at present feed- 

 ing on the hill on Redheugh farm above 

 Post Road, not far from Headchesters. 

 They appeared there on the 15th inst. 



The Dotterels generally come here about 

 the second week in May, but I have got 

 them in the first week. I have very 

 seldom got them on the moor, but always 

 in the fields adjoining the moor, either 

 in the old grass fields or on old grass 

 ploughed up and sown. They fly in 

 flocks, and have a peculiar sort of whistle. 

 Many a time I have heard them before I 

 saw them. They stay only a few days 

 here. I got several in September 1869, 

 which is the only time I have ever seen 

 them here in the autumn. 



They used to come about middle of April, 

 and remain about three weeks. Six to 

 ten in a flock. I have not seen any for 

 the last two seasons. 



They used to frequent the farm of Bowshiel 

 about twenty years ago, and also visited 

 the farm of Blackburn, where Mr. David- 

 son killed numbers with his gun. 



Edmonsdean was another resort. Mr. Hay 

 of Spott was in the habit of shooting 

 them seventy years ago. 



About thirty -six years ago Dotterels in 

 flocks of fifteen or twenty came regularly 

 to Dowlaw farm in spring, and the Dun- 

 glass gamekeepers used to shoot them 

 there. 



1840, \st May.— W&s at Dowlaw Dean and 

 heard the Dotterel had come to some of 

 the places thereabouts. 



1860, 2lst and 2ith May. — Dotterels at 

 Dowlaw. The Stirling Fauld, near the 

 Soldier's Dyke at Dowlaw, is a locality 

 which this bird frequents. 



