sea, and at the same time of year on the high grouse- 

 moors in the neighbourhood of Hahfax ; and in July 

 on an elevated district of Dartmoor — in all of which 

 localities the birds had apparently bred, though I was 

 never on their nesting-grounds early enough in the year 

 to find eggs or even unfledged young. 



A very great number of this species breed on the 

 Scottish moorlands, a considerable number in some of 

 our English counties, and more than seem to be known 

 of in the north-west of Ireland. In early autumn 

 these little birds come down to the sea-shores in 

 thousands, and remain throughout the winter months, 

 only shifting their quarters according to the weather. 

 The migration of the Dunlin is said to extend as far to 

 the south as the Mozambique coast, and its breeding- 

 range in the Old World to extend from Iceland and the 

 Hebrides to Behring's Straits ; it has also a vast range 

 on the other side of the Atlantic. I have met with 

 vast numbers of Dunlins both at Santander in May and 

 November, and in Andalucia during the former month ; 

 but I never had the good fortune to meet with a 

 nest in Spain, as Mr. A. Chapman is recorded to have 

 done in the lower marisma of the Guadalquivir. On 

 most parts of the Mediterranean coasts that are suited 

 to its habits this bird is to be found more or less 

 abundantly during the winter months, and locally in 

 tens of thousands on the northward migration in April 

 and May. In England 1 have frequently met with this 

 species in Northamptonshire in the valley of the Nene 

 from August to April and May ; but on the autumnal 

 migration it rarely appears in our district unless the 



