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trailed on the ground a short distance, and then went 

 away without uttering a single note. On this day, 5th 

 of July, 1835, a young bird, a few days old, was also 

 captured. 



" Having spent a considerable portion of several days on 

 Robinson, in company with a very able assistant, searching 

 for the eggs of the Dottrel, I had, of course, ample oppor- 

 tunities of observing their manners ; and I flatter myself 

 that the following particulars will be interesting to some of 

 my ornithological readers. On the 3rd of July we found 

 three or four pair near the most elevated part of this 

 mountain ; and on all our visits thither, whether early in 

 the morning or late in the afternoon, the greater part were 

 always seen near the same place, sitting on the ground. 

 When first discovered, they permitted us to approach with- 

 in a short distance, without showing any symptoms of 

 alarm ; and frequently afterwards, when within a few paces, 

 watching their movements, some would move slowly about 

 and pick up an insect, others would remain motionless, now 

 and then stretching out their wings, and a few would occa- 



