CHARADRIID&. 535 
THE DOTTEREL. 
EUDROMIAS MORINELLUS (Linnzus). 
The Dotterel usually makes its appearance in the southern and 
eastern counties of England towards the end of April or early in 
May, according to the season ; leaving for the south in August or 
the beginning of September. It is somewhat partial to the chalk- 
formation, and considerable numbers used to sojourn for a few days 
on the arable land of the low hills on the borders of Hertfordshire 
and Cambridgeshire, as well as on the Chilterns and similar localities, 
on their way northward. For at least a century it has been known 
to breed on the mountains of the Lake district, but there is no 
evidence that at any time during that period it was plentiful, though 
its numbers have undoubtedly decreased of late years. For details 
reference should be made to the Rev. H. A. Macpherson’s ‘ Fauna 
of Lakeland,’ pp. 348-358. On migration the Dotterel often lingers 
on the moors and marshes near the sea-coast on both sides of our 
island, and is of tolerably wide distribution, except in Wales, where 
it is of irregular occurrence. None remain during summer on the 
Cheviots, along which the “trips” pass on their way northward in 
spring, but according to Mr. Service a few pairs have nested on the 
Galloway and Dumfriesshire hills; while further north the bird 
breeds in moderate numbers on the Grampian and Cairngorm 
ranges at an altitude of 2,700 to 3,000 ft., and occupies a few locali- 
