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BIRDS. 



Eudromias morinellus {L,). Dotterel. 



Old Gaelic name, Amadan mointich, i.e. " The fool of the moss." 



Not uncommon, though supposed to be not nearly so abundant 

 as formerly. Summer and passing migrant at intermediate resting 

 places in April, and again in August on their way to and from their 

 nesting haunts in the higher hills. 



There are several mentions of it in the old Statistical Account. Thus, 

 in the parish of Carmyllie (Forfar), the Eev. Patrick Bryce says : 



DOTTEREL ON NEST. C. Kearton. 



The Dotterels, birds of passage, alight on the rising grounds about 

 the beginning of A]3ril, continue here about three weeks, remove to the 

 Grampian Hills about twelve miles to the northward, and revisit this 

 parish about the beginning of August, and after abiding here about 

 three weeks, they fly off to the southward, and are not seen again 

 till the 1st of April following." 



They were said then also to nest in the parish of Inverarity 



