2l6 CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 



very thinly lined, is generally placed on high 

 moorland ground, or as Mr. W. Swaysland says, 

 " marshy bogs and the moist parts of undrained 

 hills." 



"The eggs — three to four, are of a yellowish-stone 

 colour, handsomely blotched and spotted with rich 

 brownish-black" (H.S.). In the winter months 

 these birds are an excellent adjunct to a mixed 

 shoot, for being very fast flying, and wheeling past 

 with lightning speed, generally in a large flock, they 

 give a capital sporting shot — to say nothing of their 

 being excellent birds for the table, as everyone must 

 know. The spring plumage of this bird is decidedly 

 handsome ; in winter the black breast is almost entirely 

 lost. One of the specimens I got in the Hebrides, 

 the other in North Wales. " Habitat abroad : Faroes, 

 Iceland, and Northern Europe. Winter, Mediter- 

 ranean, wandering to Madeira and down the coast of 

 Africa to Cape Colony" (Howard Saunders). 



The Grey Plover. 



I must plead ignorance in regard to this species, 

 although, if my memory does not play me false, I 

 once got one amongst some Godwits and Knots, 

 when out with Michael Casey and his punt, during 

 my stay at Mrs, Shea's Hotel, Glenbeigh, in the 

 winter of 1894. What became of that bird I can't 

 remember. 



The specimen in the case was given me by Mr. 

 W, R. Hine, of Southport, The Grey Plover — 



