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  lagopus. 
  Further, 
  that 
  the 
  young 
  hybrids, 
  " 
  when 
  disturbed," 
  perched 
  

   in 
  trees 
  as 
  the 
  Black-game 
  does, 
  unlike 
  the 
  Willoio- 
  Grouse; 
  and 
  the 
  

   italics 
  are 
  his. 
  Does 
  Dr. 
  Einar 
  Lonnberg 
  mean 
  to 
  express 
  that 
  they 
  

   perched 
  in 
  a 
  different 
  way 
  from 
  what 
  Willow-Grouse 
  do 
  ? 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  

   scores 
  of 
  Willow-Grouse 
  perch 
  on 
  trees! 
  — 
  J. 
  A. 
  Harvie-Brown 
  (Duni- 
  

   pace, 
  Larbert, 
  Stirlingshire, 
  N.B.). 
  

  

  The 
  Dotterel 
  in 
  Jersey. 
  — 
  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  Dotterel 
  (Eudromias 
  

   morinellus) 
  was 
  shot 
  by 
  Sergeant 
  Gale 
  on 
  the 
  bare 
  exposed 
  stretch 
  of 
  

   common 
  which 
  runs 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  near 
  Les 
  Landes 
  on 
  Aug. 
  17th. 
  

   This 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  rarely 
  obtained 
  in 
  Jersey, 
  and 
  its 
  appearance 
  at 
  

   this 
  period 
  is 
  accounted 
  for 
  as 
  passing 
  on 
  migration, 
  which 
  usually 
  

   occurs 
  during 
  August 
  and 
  September. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  young 
  male 
  bird 
  of 
  the 
  

   year, 
  the 
  white 
  gorget 
  showing 
  but 
  slightly, 
  the 
  black 
  feathers 
  on 
  the 
  

   crown 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  being 
  edged 
  with 
  rufous, 
  while 
  the 
  feathers 
  on 
  the 
  

   back 
  and 
  upper 
  parts 
  are 
  similarly 
  marked. 
  An 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  

   gizzard 
  exposed 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  a 
  green 
  caterpillar, 
  and 
  the 
  black 
  wing- 
  

   cases 
  of 
  beetles, 
  with 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  small 
  granite 
  pebbles. 
  Length, 
  

   9 
  in. 
  ; 
  wing, 
  6 
  in. 
  ; 
  weight, 
  4J 
  oz. 
  — 
  H. 
  Mackay 
  (Jersey). 
  

  

  Peewit 
  Swimming. 
  — 
  On 
  July 
  21st 
  my 
  brother 
  and 
  I, 
  while 
  standing- 
  

   close 
  to 
  a 
  broad 
  ditch 
  between 
  a 
  barley-field 
  and 
  some 
  meadow-land, 
  

   saw 
  a 
  young 
  Peewit 
  (VaneUus 
  vulgaris) 
  swim 
  across 
  from 
  the 
  field 
  side. 
  

   We 
  at 
  first 
  took 
  it 
  for 
  a 
  young 
  Duck, 
  of 
  which 
  there 
  were 
  several 
  close 
  

   by, 
  but 
  the 
  curious 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  

   incipient 
  crest, 
  attracted 
  attention. 
  An 
  adult 
  bird 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species, 
  

   most 
  likely 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  parents, 
  had 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  been 
  standing 
  about 
  

   on 
  the 
  meadow 
  near 
  the 
  ditch, 
  keeping 
  probably 
  an 
  anxious 
  watch 
  on 
  

   the 
  movements 
  of 
  the 
  chick 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  water. 
  On 
  landing 
  

   the 
  young 
  bird 
  did 
  not 
  at 
  once 
  join 
  its 
  parent, 
  but 
  ran 
  swiftly 
  along 
  

   the 
  broken-down 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  ditch, 
  perhaps 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  a 
  suitable 
  place 
  

   of 
  concealment. 
  That 
  some 
  waders 
  — 
  the 
  Common 
  Sandpiper 
  and 
  

   Bedshank 
  — 
  can 
  both 
  swim 
  and 
  dive 
  is 
  well 
  known, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  

   time 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  the 
  Peewit 
  do 
  so. 
  — 
  G. 
  T. 
  Rope 
  (Blaxhall, 
  Suffolk). 
  

  

  Large 
  Clutch 
  of 
  Eggs 
  in 
  Nest 
  of 
  Lapwing 
  ( 
  Vanellus 
  vulgaris), 
  and 
  

   Early 
  Arrival 
  of 
  Turtle-Dove. 
  — 
  Although 
  such 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  

   Lapwings' 
  eggs 
  are 
  taken 
  every 
  spring, 
  I 
  am 
  only 
  aware 
  of 
  two 
  

   or 
  three 
  instances 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  four 
  eggs 
  in 
  one 
  nest 
  having 
  been 
  

   recorded. 
  On 
  May 
  21st 
  last 
  I 
  was 
  fortunate 
  enough 
  to 
  find 
  a 
  clutch 
  of 
  

   Jive 
  eggs, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  noticed 
  was 
  an 
  abnormally 
  small 
  one, 
  being 
  

   not 
  much 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  largest. 
  The 
  usual 
  date 
  of 
  

   arrival 
  of 
  the 
  Turtle-Dove 
  in 
  this 
  neighbourhood 
  is 
  about 
  May 
  3rd, 
  but 
  

  

  