BRITISH BIRDS. 15 



The Dotterel is common in various parts of Great 

 Britain, though in some places it is scarcely known. 

 They breed in the mountains of Cumberland and 

 Westmoreland, w r here they are sometimes seen in 

 the month of May, they likewise breed on several 

 of the Highland hills; they are very common in 

 Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, and Derbyshire, ap- 

 pearing in small flocks, on the heaths and moors of 

 those counties, during the months of May and 

 June, and are then very fat, and much esteemed for 

 the table. 



