KENTISH PLOVER. 



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 CHAEADRIID^. 



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iEGiALiTis CANTiANA (Latham*). 



THE KENTISH PLOVEE. 



Charadrius Cantianus. 



The Kentish Plover was first described and named by 

 Latham, from specimens sent to him by Dr. Boys, which 

 were killed at Sandwich, in Kent, in the years 1787 and 

 1791. It is a species with a broken or interrupted pectoral 

 band, therein differing from the preceding species, and 

 arrives on the shores of England in April and departs in 

 August, but in Scotland it is as yet unknown. Bridlington, 

 on the Yorkshire coast, is at present the most northern 

 locality from which it has been recorded ; and it is of rare 

 occurrence in Lincolnshire. f In Norfolk, Mr. Stevenson 

 informs the Editor that it is a more frequent visitant on 



* C/iaradrius Cantianiis, Latham, Suppl. ii. to Gen. Synop. p. Ixvi. (ISOl). 

 + Cor.leaux, ' I'.irds of Humbei" District,' p. 93. 



