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recorded Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Wilts., Hants, (two 

 or three), Surrc}', Kent (three), Essex, Norfolk (four), Cambs., 

 Lines., Yorks. (three), Lanes., Cumberland, Brecon (one seen), Unst 

 (Shetlands), Montrose (Fife), Flannan Isles (0. Hebrides). One 

 supposed Cork prior to 1844. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — South Europe and north Africa, east- 

 wards to Palestine, Black and Caspian Seas, and, apparently, to 

 Turkestan : northwards (in Europe) to the Camargue in south France 

 and to Hungar}'. Stragglers have not infrequently occurred in 

 Austria, Poland, Germany, Holland, and Belgium. Northern birds 

 are migratory and seem to winter in north Africa. Replaced by 

 allied races in tropical and south Africa, and tropical and east Asia. 



GLAREOLA NORDMANNI* 



355. Glareola nordmanni Nordm.— THE BLACK-WINGED 

 PRATINCOLE. 



Glareola nordmanni " Fischer," Xordmann, Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. 

 Moscou, XV, p. 314, pi. 2 (1842 — Steppes of south Russia). 

 Glareola melanoptera Xordmann, X. F. Ticehurst, Bull. B.O.C., xiii, 

 p. 78 ; Savmders, Brit. B., i, p. 15. 



Distribution. — England. — Four. One Romney Marsh (Kent), 

 May 30, 1903 [id supra). One same place, June 17, and one Rye 

 (Sussex), June 18, 1903 (Boyd Alexander, Bull, B.O.C., xiv, p. 17). 

 One near Northallerton (Yorks.) Aug. 17, 1909 (R. Fortune, Nat., 

 1909, p. 372 ; Brit. B., iii, p. 266). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Appears to inhabit south Russian steppes 

 together ^^'ith G. pratiiicola pratmcola, north to west Siberia and east 

 to Turkestan. Breeds casually in Hungary and the Dobrudscha. 

 Winters in tropical and south Africa. 



CHARADRIUS MORINELLUS 



356. Charadrius morinellus L.— THE DOTTEREL. 



Charadrius Morinellus Linnseas, Syst. Xat., ed. x, i, p. 150 (1758 — 



Europe. Restricted typical locality : Sweden). 



Eudromias morinellus (Linnaeus), Yarrell, in, p. 246 ; Saunders, p. 535. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Summer-resident (late April and 

 early May to Aug. and Sept.). Breeds Lake District (very sparingly) 

 and in Cairngorm and Grampian ranges as well as a few localities 

 north of Spey valley and west of Great Glen, and has extended to 

 south of Loch Tay in recent years. Has bred Kirkcudbright and 



* The bird was described and figured under the name of Glareola nord- 

 manni, and not as melanoptera. In a footnote it is said that Xordmarui had 

 proposed to call it melanoptera, but that the Society had preferred the name 

 nordmanni ! The full and complete description Ls by Xordmann alone. — E.H. 



