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that the Kentish Plover is very abundant in England, was no- 

 ticed as incorrect : the Kentish Plover is a rare British bird, and 

 few specimens are to be found in our collections. 



Mr. Yarrell then contrasted three specimens of the Tringa 

 Temminckii, Leisler, in different states of plumage, (viz. that of 

 winter, summer, and a young bird,) with various specimens of the 

 Tringa Minuta o( British authours^ and pointed out the difference* 

 between these diminutive Sandpipers, as given by Temminck. The 

 short tarsi of the Tringa Temminckii are an obvious distinction 

 between the species. The habits of the two birds were stated to 

 differ materially. The Tringa minuta is found on the sea shore 

 in company with the Purre and the Sanderling ; the Tringa Tem- 

 minckii heqiienis the banks of freshwater pools and streams, a few 

 miles inland, its manners very much approaching our common 

 Summer Sandpiper^ Tringa hypoleucus. Montagu has described 

 both, but without separating them as distinct species. Two other 

 specimens of the Tringa Temminckii were mentioned by Mr. 

 Yarrell, as at present in the collection of friends, both of which 

 had been killed in England. This is therefore a further addition 

 to the British Fauna. 



A distinct species of Tringa was also exhibited, which had been 

 killed in Cambridgeshire, in September last, and was considered 

 by Mr. Yarrell to be entirely new as a British bird, and included 

 by Temminck in his "Manuel des Oiseaux d'Europe." It was 

 believed to be identical with the Tringa roussatre^ Vieill., which 

 that naturalist has chosen for the type of his genus Tringa^ under 

 the name of Tringa rufescens. A more particular account of this 

 prettily marked bird was promised. The Prince of Musignano 

 informed the meeting, that the bird under examination very closely 

 resembled a species recently described by him, under the name of 

 Tringa pectoralis. 



The Secretary exhibited several specimens of birds from North 

 America, belonging to Mr. Leadbeater, among which were the 

 following rare species ; Vultur Calif or nianus^ Shaw ; the Corvus 

 Stelleri^ Lath., and C, Columbianus or Clarke's Crow of Wilson's 

 American Ornithology ; the Bomby cilia garrula, Briss., now first 

 discovered to be a native of the United States ; the Cinclus PallasU 



