138 THE BIRDS OF CUMBERLAND. 



exhibited before the Zoological Society the eggs 

 and young of the Dotterel, obtained by Mr. 

 T. C. Heysham in 1835. (P. Z. S., IV, 1836, 

 pp. 1 & 2.) 



Genus VANELLUS. 



y. Vulgaris. Lapwing. 



The Lapwing is a generally distributed and 

 abundant resident, gathering into immense flocks 

 in early autumn. Many pairs breed upon our salt 

 marshes, where the eofg-s, which are laid from 

 March onwards, are more easily found than in in- 

 land situations. Four eggs are the proper comple- 

 ment, but this number is exceeded in some rare 

 instances, and three different clutches of five eggs 

 have recently come under our notice. A nestling, 

 about two days old, caught on May 17, is light 

 brown in ground-colour above, mottled with black ; 

 the nape lavender, forming a broad crescent ; the 

 chin is white ; a black gorget bands the breast, and 

 the underparts are white. Examples exhibiting 

 variation in white wing quills have been obtained 

 by Messrs. Heysham and J. B. Hodgkinson. An 

 adult, in good condition, weighed 2 ozs. 2^ drhms. 



Genus STREPSILAS. 



S. Interpres. Turnstone. 



The Turnstone is a winter visitant, constantly to 

 be met with from August until April, on shingled 

 portions of our coast. We observed a Turnstone 



