380 THE BIRDS OF KENT 



The hollow measured 3 inches in diameter by f inch 

 deep. 



" On May 19 I was rather surprised to disturb three 

 Kentish Plovers feeding along the edge of a swamp three 

 miles inland. There was no doubt about them, as I had 

 a good view of them through the glasses, and could see 

 the broken pectoral band. On May '20 I was watching 

 a pair for some little time on the beach near Littlestone. 

 As it was a bright, sunny day I found them compara- 

 tively easy to follow with the glasses. Occasionally they 

 came so close to me that I was able to distinguish all 

 the details of their plumage. They have a whistling 

 call-note, which is not unlike that of a Einged Plover 

 abruptly cut short in the middle." 



KINGED PLOYEE. 



^gialitis liiaticula (Linn^us). 8.N., i., p. 253 

 (1766). 



Eing Dotterel ; Sea Lark ; Stone Plover ; 

 Stone-runner. 



This is the most abundant species of Plover along the 

 whole of the coast, estuaries and marshes in the county, 

 both winter and summer ; at the same time the numbers 

 are largely added to during the winter by the birds that 

 are driven down from the north. 



The principal breeding-place in Kent is the extensive 

 stony beach from Lydd to Dungeness Point. Boys, in 

 his Birds of Sandwich, 1792, calls this bird the " Sea 

 Lark." 



Mr. J. Gould obtained the adult and young of this bird 

 at Dungeness Point, June 12, 1864. 



