PLOVERS 411 



One, Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, Oct. 15, 1827 : Fox, 

 Zool. Joiirn., vol. iii. p. 492, figured by Selby, Bewick, 

 and Potter, " Hist. Charnwood Forest," 1842, where it is 

 referred to as " killed near Timberwood Hill, Oct. 1827. 

 In the collection of the Rev. Thomas Gisborne, of 

 Yoxall Lodge, and lent by him to Selby, for whose 

 splendid work it was engraved." 



One, Friston, near Aldebiirgh, Suffolk, Oct. 3, 1828 : 

 Acton, Mag. Nat Hist, vol. iv. p. 163. In the collection 

 of the late Mr. Hoy at Boyle's Court, Essex. In Jesse's 

 " Gleanings " (3rd series, p. 98) is a list of Suffolk birds, 

 communicated by the Rev. J. Mitford, of Benhall, 

 Suffolk. Amongst others is the " Cream-Coloured 

 Plover, Charadrius gcdlicus ; Snape, near Aldeburgh. 

 This specimen was shot by an old shepherd on a piece 

 of waste ground near the village of Snape, and it ap- 

 peared to be perfectly tame and fearless of man." 



One, Holme, near Market Weighton, East Riding, in 1828 : 

 Clarke and Roebuck, "Handbook Yorks.Vertebr.," p. 70. 



One, Cheswick, Northumberland, Nov. 9, 1846 : Proc. 

 JBerivicks. Nat, 1847, p. 200. In the collection of the 

 late Mr. Brodrick. 



One seen near Blakeney, Norfolk, autumn 1847 : Steven- 

 son, " Birds of Norfolk," vol. ii. p. 49. 



One, Westbrook, near Margate, Nov. 1849. In Margate 

 Museum; sold in 1868. 



One seen, Westacre, Norfolk, autumn 1855: Stevenson, ojj.ci^. 



One, East Down, near Tilshead, Salisbury Plain, Oct. 2, 

 1855 : Gardner, Zool, 1855, p. 4913 ; A. C. Smith, " Birds 

 of Wilts," p. 374. 



Two seen, one shot, Braunton Burrows, North Devon, Oct. 

 1856: Mathew, Nat, 1856, p. 286 ; Zool, 1857, p. 5346. 

 In possession of Rev. J. W. Landon, of Braunton. 



One, Hackney Marshes, Middlesex, Oct. 19, 1858 : New- 

 man, Zool, 1858, p. 6309 ; Harting, "Birds of Middlesex," 

 p. 142 ; Antiquarian Chronicle for June 1882, p. 8- 

 In possession of Mr. Beresford, of Hackney. 



