PLOVERS 417 



resembling the former in the coloration of the pec- 

 toral region, and the latter in its longer and more 

 slender bill and tarsi. 



In the Ihis for April 1870 (pp. 202-209) I have 

 given a somewhat detailed account of the species, 

 accompanied by a coloured figure. 



LITTLE RINGED PLOVER. ^gialitis curonica 

 (Gmelin). PI. 19, figs. 9, 9a. Length, 6-5 in. ; bill, 

 0*5 in. ; wing, 4*5 in. ; tarsus, 0-9 in. 



Rah. Europe ; Asia ; North Africa. 



One, Shoreham, Sussex (Doubleday) : Strickland, Mag. 



Nat. Hist., vol. viii. p. 508 ; figured by Gould in his 



" Birds of Europe." 

 Two, Norwich Museum, said to have been killed in Norfolk 



(Lubbock, " Fauna of Norfolk," p. 73). One only exists 



at present, its history doubtful: Stevenson, "Birds of 



Norfolk," vol. ii. p. 97. 

 One, Whixley, Yorkshire, July 30, 1850: Garth, Zool., 



1850, p. 2953 ; Clarke, " Handb. Yorks. Vert.," p. 71. 

 One, Shoreham, Sussex, Sept. 1851 : EUman, Zool., 1851, 



p. 3279 ; Borrer, " Birds of Sussex," p. 207. 

 Three on the shingle in the bed of the river Calder, by 



Horbury Mills, Wakefield, 1851: Talbot, "Birds of 



Wakefield," p. 25. 

 One near Brighton : Cavafy, Nat., 1854, p. 234. 

 Several between Cuckmere Haven and Seaford, Sussex, 



Feb. 1855 : Grantham, Zool., 1855, p. 4762. 

 One out of a flock near Barnstaple, Sept. 1859: Mathew, .^00^., 



1859, p. 6762. 

 One, Christchurch, Hants, " many years ago : " Wise, " New 



Forest" (1862), p. 315. 

 One, Spurn Point, Yorkshire, Oct. 5, 1861 : Boulton, Field, 



Nov. 16, 1861. 

 One, Scilly, Oct. 1863 : Rodd, Zool., 1863, p. 8848. 



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