in Great Britain during the Nesting-season. 431 



The bird becomes more numerous on the moors from Yorkshire 

 northwards, and is especially well known on all the Highland 

 mountains. 



Charadrius mortnellus {Linn.). Dotterel. 



Provinces [VIII.?] X.-XII. XV. XVII. 



Subprovinces (20?), 23-25, 30, 31, 34, 35. 



Lat. 54°-59°. " Highland" type. Perhaps in Ireland. 



With respect to Derbyshire, Sir John Crewe informs me that 

 he has often heard from his gamekeeper that it was quite 

 easy, fifteen or twenty years ago, to shoot Dotterels, when they 

 had young, on the Derbyshire hills bordering on Staffordshire. 

 These hills are now nearly all under cultivation, and Sir John 

 Crewe believes that the Dotterel no longer stays to breed, though 

 small flocks are still seen in May. 



The bird is well known to breed on several of the mountains 

 in the English Lake district, where, it is believed, its localities 

 extend to the three counties of Westmoreland, Cumberland, and 

 Yorkshire. And the Rev. H. B. Tristram tells me that a few 

 pairs linger on the borders of Durham and Cumberland; and 

 that he has heard of nests being taken on the top of Cheviot, 

 where he himself has seen the birds. 



Macgillivray describes the Dotterel as breeding in the up- 

 land tracts of the counties of Forfar, Kincardine, Aberdeen, 

 Banff, and Moray ; he also speaks " of small flocks settling in 

 the Lammermoor hills," so that it is possible the bird may breed 

 in the south of Scotland. 



Mr. T. Edward finds the nest in Aberdeen and Banff shires ; 

 and Mr. W. Dunbar marks the bird as breeding regularly in 

 Sutherland and Caithness. 



Charadrius hiaticula {Linn.). Ringed Plover. 



Provinces I.-IV. VI.-XVIII. 



Subprovinces 1-3, 5-8, 10, 11, 17-19, 21, 22, 24-38. 



Lat 50°-61°. " British " type, or general. 



More numerous in the north during summer, from the preva- 

 lence of suitable localities ; but breeds throughout the coasts of 



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