. A history of British birds . se of adding un-doubted specimens of so rare an egg to my cabinet, aswell as to prove beyond all doubt that this bird breeds inCumberland; yet it was not until the present year that Ihad the gratification of accomplishing an object which Ihave had so long in view. After repeated excursionsthrough the lake district this summer for the expresspurpose, I was so fortunate as to obtain their eggs intwo different localities,—namely, three on Whiteside, con-tiguous to Helvellyn, on the 29th of June, and two on the5th of July on Eobinson, in the vicinity of
. A history of British birds . se of adding un-doubted specimens of so rare an egg to my cabinet, aswell as to prove beyond all doubt that this bird breeds inCumberland; yet it was not until the present year that Ihad the gratification of accomplishing an object which Ihave had so long in view. After repeated excursionsthrough the lake district this summer for the expresspurpose, I was so fortunate as to obtain their eggs intwo different localities,—namely, three on Whiteside, con-tiguous to Helvellyn, on the 29th of June, and two on the5th of July on Eobinson, in the vicinity of former had been incubated twelve or fourteen days ;the latter were only recently laid; and, in both instances,the birds were seen to leave their eggs : one, on quittingthem, immediately spread out its wings and tail, which it VOL. III. K K 250 CHARADRIIDJ:. trailed on the ground a short distance, and then wentaway without uttering a single note. On this day, 5thof July, 1835, a young bird, a few days old, was Having spent a considerable portion of several days onEobinson, in company with a very able assistant, searchingfor the eggs of the Dottrel, I had, of course, ample oppor-tunities of observing their manners ; and I flatter myselfthat the following particulars will be interesting to some ofmy ornithological readers. On the 3rd of July we foundthree or four pair near the most elevated part of thismountain ; and on all our visits thither, whether early inthe morning or late in the afternoon, the greater part werealways seen near the same place, sitting on the first discovered, they permitted us to approach with-in a short distance, without showing any symptoms ofalarm ; and frequently afterwards, when within a few paces,watching their movements, some would move slowly aboutand pick up an insect, others would remain motionless, nowand then stretching out their wings, and a few would occa- DOTTEREL. 251 sionally toy with each other, at the same ti
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