170 A HAND-LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



south coasts England, less frequent west coast and Scotland, w^. - 

 very rare north of Sohvay on west and north of Ness on e^^. placed 

 very rare Orkneys, Shetlands, and Hebrides. In T-^ oeylon. 

 coasts, but scarce south. Rare vagrant inland. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeds in tundras of arc 



and America, passes through subarctic regions and an. ?7 '^"^''PR. 



India, Malaysia, Australia, and South America. 



CHETTUSIA GREGARIA* 



366. Chettusia gregaria (Pall.)— THE SOCIABLE PLOVER. 



Charadrius gregarius Pallas, Reise d. versch, Prov. d. Russ. Reichs, i, 



p. 456 (1771 — Volga steppes). 



Vanellus gregarius (Pallas), Saunders, p. 553. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Very rare vagrant. One near St. 

 Michael's -on- WjTe (Lanes.) autumn, about 1860 (Saunders, p. 553). 

 Female near Xavan (Meath) Aug. 1, 1899 (E. Williams, Irish Nat., 

 1899. p. 233). Female out of flock of six, Romney Marsh (Kent), 

 May 3, 1907 (C. B. Ticehurst, Bull. B.O.C., xix, p. 85). Four 

 (another said to have escaped) near Winchelsea (Sussex), May 

 25-27, 1910 (A. F. Griffith, op.c, xxvii, p. 28 ; cf. Brit. B., i, p. 57, 

 II, p. 150, IV, p. 256). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeds from south Russian steppes to 

 Turkestan, the Altai and (? regularly) west Siberia, and Mongolia, 

 south in winter to north-east Africa and India. Casual in Poland, 

 Italy, south France, and near Cadiz. 



VANELLUS VANELLUS 



367. Vanellus vanellus (L.)— THE LAPWING. 



Tringa Vanellus Linna?us, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 148 (1758 — Europe, 



Africa. Restricted typical locality : Sweden). 



Vanellus vulgaris Bechstein, Yarrell, iii, p. 283 ; Saunders, p. 555. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Resident. Generally distributed. 

 In autumn large numbers arrive from Continent and many of our 

 home-bred birds move to coast, Avhile a proportion emigrate south- 

 wards, especially from northern districts. In extreme north Scot- 

 land knoAATi chiefly as summer -resident. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeds in Europe (from the Arctic circle 

 to south Spain) and in northern Asia eastwards to the Pacific Ocean 

 [according to Irby north Marocco, and (r) Egypt]. Winters in south 



* Both in the Introduction to theUccelli of his Iconogr. Faun. Ital., and on 

 p. 115 (accompanied by a fine plate) Bonaparte spelt the name Chettusia, not 

 Chcetusia. — E.H. 



