the express ptirpose, in the summer of 1835, of loofcmg for 

 their nests, I was so fortunate as to obtain the eggs in two 

 different localities ; namely, three on Whiteside, contiguous 

 to Helvellyn, on the 29th of June, and two on the oth of 

 July, on Robinson Fell, in the vicinity of Buttermere ; the 

 former had been incubated twelve or fourteen days, the latter 

 only recently laid, and in both instances the birds were seen 

 to leave their eggs." 



The Dotterel also breeds in Scotland. The egg from 

 which the accompanying drawing" is taken (kindly lent me 

 from the collection of Mr. Yarrell) was procm-ed on the 

 Grampian hills. 



During an excursion to the lakes in the summer of 1830, 

 with my friend, J. B. Giles, we saw the Dotterel on the 

 highest point of Helvellyn, and so densely covered was 

 every thing with cloud, that it allowed us to approach within 

 a few feet of it. 



In most of cases, the Dotterel will, I think, be found to 

 lay four eggs ; and that the instance, mentioned by Mr. 

 Heysham, of one sitting upon three, must have arisen from 

 gome accidental cause. 



