DOTTEREL. 
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GRALLATORES. 
C 11A RA DRJIDJE. 
DOTTEREL. 
Charadrius morinellus. 
PLATE LXXVI. FIG. I. 
It had always been supposed by ornithologists that 
the Dotterel was indigenous in this country. It had 
been frequently seen during the summer months upon 
those parts of the wide moors of Cumberland and West¬ 
moreland which are its favourite resort; owing, how¬ 
ever, to the difficulties which present themselves to the 
rambler on those glorious mountains, enveloped as they 
are, for the most part of the year, in a dense mist, the 
eggs remained undetected until the summer of 1835, 
when they were first discovered through the assiduity 
of Mr. Heysham, whose narrative I copy from the pages 
of Mr. YarrelTs Birds, not having by me the Magazine 
of Zoology and Botany, in which it was first printed. 
“ In the neighbourhood of Carlisle, Dotterels seldom 
make their appearance before the middle of May, about 
which time they are occasionally seen in different locali¬ 
ties, in flocks which vary in number from five to fifteen, 
and almost invariably resort to heaths, barren pastures, 
fallow grounds, &c., in open and exposed situations, 
where they continue, if unmolested, from ten days to 
a fortnight, and then retire to the mountains in the 
vicinity of the lakes to breed. The most favourite 
