. British birds in their haunts. Birds -- Great Britain. THE DOTTEREL. 385 the ; Such, at least, was the common belief; and Pennant alludes to it, quoting the following passage from the poet Drayton :— " Most worthy man, with thee 'tis ever thus, As men take Dottrels, so hast thou ta'en us: Which, as a man his arme or leg doth set, V So this fond bird will likewise ; \r^--\-. THE DOTTEREL. In Pennant's time, Dotterels were not uncommon in Cam- bridgeshire, Lincolnshire, and Derbyshire, appearing in of eight or ten only, from the latter end of April t
. British birds in their haunts. Birds -- Great Britain. THE DOTTEREL. 385 the ; Such, at least, was the common belief; and Pennant alludes to it, quoting the following passage from the poet Drayton :— " Most worthy man, with thee 'tis ever thus, As men take Dottrels, so hast thou ta'en us: Which, as a man his arme or leg doth set, V So this fond bird will likewise ; \r^--\-. THE DOTTEREL. In Pennant's time, Dotterels were not uncommon in Cam- bridgeshire, Lincolnshire, and Derbyshire, appearing in of eight or ten only, from the latter end of April to the middle of June ; and I have been informed by a gentleman in Norfolk that, not many years since, they annually resorted also, in small flocks, to the plains of that county. Of late years, owing most probably to their being much sought after for the table, they have become rare ; and the same thing has taken place in France. c c. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874; Wolf; Wymper. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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