the hills to the north of the Lyon in Perthshire in 

 June, 1866. 



See " Hough Notes," Vol. II., Plate 14. 



RING DOTTEREL. 

 Case 179! 



The present species is common all round our 

 coasts, being also occasionally found breeding on 

 the banks of rivers and on sandy warrens in the 

 interior of the country. 



It is to be met with at all seasons, but perhaps 

 most abundantly in the spring and autumn. 



The specimens in the case were obtained in 

 the neighbourhood of Rye in Sussex in the summer 

 of 1862. 



INTERMEDIATE RING DOTTEREL. 

 Case 180. 



A diminutive form of the Ring Dotterel is here 

 shown. It is easy to perceive that the birds are in 

 every respect smaller than the specimens in the 

 preceding case ; the feathers on the back are of a 

 darker shade, and the legs are also finer in form 

 and of a deeper shade of orange. 



These birds usually make their appearance in 

 flocks about the second week in May, at which 

 time the larger variety are busy with their young 

 broods. 



I have never found these birds nesting in the 

 British Islands, but mixed flocks of old and young 

 are met with during the autumn. 



The specimens in the case were shot between 

 Shoreham and Worthing on the Sussex coast ; the 

 mature birds being obtained in May, 1870, and the 

 young in the following September. 



