THE DOTTEREL. 



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PARISH. 



Source of infor- 

 mation, and date 

 when obtained. 



NOTES. 



Abbey St, 

 Bathans- 

 continued 



John Blackadder, 

 Esq., East 

 Blanerne, 30th 

 Oct. 1886. 



Very common at Quixwood about fifty 

 years ago. They were shot there by 

 Mr. Joseph Hume, Retreat, and his 

 friends. 



Ayton. 



Thomas Brodie, 

 Esq., Chester- 

 bank, 29th 

 Sept. 1886. 



Dotterels used to come in large flocks to 

 Chesterbank farm about thirty -five years 

 ago. They appeared always at seed-time 

 but did not remain long on the farm. 



Buncle. 



Charles Watson, 

 Esq., Duns. 

 1878. 



W. Dunlop, Esq., 

 Mayfield, 12th 

 Oct. 1886. 



They were very common in the district 

 about Buncle Wood over twenty years 

 ago. I frequently got the wings for fly 

 dressing from the gamekeeper at Preston. 

 I believe they are now very rare, if not 

 extinct, in the above locality. 



They do not visit this farm now. Small 

 flocks were seen from thirty to fifty years 

 ago. 



Cock- 

 burns- 

 path. 



J. Hardy, Esq., 

 Oldcambus, 

 1886. 



1836, 7th May. Dotterels seen at Penman- 

 shiel for first time this season. 9th May. 

 Dotterels peeping about Broad Bog new 

 ground on Penmanshiel Moor. 10th May. 

 Dotterel shooter, who came from about 

 Lamberton, visited us. He had shot four, 

 and said they leave before Whitsunday. 

 6th June. I saw three Dotterels on our 

 lea. I have been told they have been 

 there since the 30th of May. A pair re- 

 mained long about Blackerston. 



1837, 29^ April Flock of Dotterels near 

 Penmanshiel. Wheatear, said to be a 

 forerunner of this bird, appeared on the 

 20th of April 1837. 



1857, 16th M ay. Dotterels on the Black 

 Hill. 1st June. Still here. A large por- 

 tion of the Black Hill which was in crop 

 after lea, where not drained and the soil 

 clayey, had the oats completely eaten up 

 by the grub of Tipula oleracea, scarcely 

 any being left. Rooks were feeding on it 

 yesterday and turning up the clods, and 

 to-day I heard Dotterels on it. Long ago 

 the Dotterels used to haunt a portion of 

 this grub-frequented sod when in crop. 

 They were usually found first there by 



