I40 THE BIRDS OF BERKS AND BUCKS. 



Order IV.— GRALLATORES. 

 Family — CharadrudtE. 



Dotterel {Charadrhis mormelliLs). At the end 

 of April and beginning of May, small flocks or 'trips' 

 of Dotterel begin to frequent many of the hills and 

 chalky uplands of the two counties. 



Mr. Gould states that they are usually found be- 

 tween April 15 and May 15, on the Chilton ranges 

 of hills in Berkshire. In the spring of 1857, a few of 

 these birds were shot in a field near Burnham. They 

 are rarely seen in the vicinity of Eton and Windsor ; 

 but a man named Hall has occasionally killed one or 

 two in May, and specimens have been obtained near 

 Datchet, and at Boveney Locks. One of the Eton 

 birdstuffers has had Dotterel brought to him at 

 different times, and Mr. Hasell, of Windsor, has 

 procured a few in the month of April. Dotterel 

 have been shot in the neighbourhood of Maiden- 

 head and Surley. The species has occurred in 

 Berkshire according to Yarrell, and Mr. Sharpe has 

 known instances of its appearance near Cookham, 

 The Dotterel has been procured in the neighbour- 

 hood of Aylesbury and Drayton Beauchamp. 



