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say during the months o£ November and December. The 

 greater number leave in the spring, but some remain till 

 very late. On the 17th May^ 1882^ I saAv one at Esmoriz in 

 summer plumage^ and one also at the entrance to Faro 

 harbour (A^lgarve) on the 6th of June, 1884, with the black 

 breast of summer plumage. It was with a flock of Knots, 

 which were also in summer plumage. 



216. tEgialitis cantiana (Lath.). '^ Borrelho,'^ Oporto, 

 Ovar; " CoUeira/' Aveiro; ''Curo-curo,^' Algarve ; " La- 

 vandeira,^' Coimbra Museum. 



The Kentish Plover is resident and abundant alongj the 

 coast of Portugal wherever it is sandy, and I have met with 

 it from Caminha, at the extreme north, to Villa Real de Sto. 

 Antonio. It breeds in May and Juue, laying three to four 

 eggs on the bare sand. I have found many nests, and on 

 one occasion caught a young bird, the legs of which seemed 

 disproportionately long. 



217. ^GiALiTis CURONICA (Gmcl.). " Corriao," ^''Cor- 

 ri9ao/^ Melres ; " Carpido/' Caldas d'Aregos ; " Borr§lho/' 

 " Lavandeira," Coimbra Museum. 



The Little Ringed Plover arrives near Oporto in the 

 spring, and I have usually seen the first in A-pi'il- On the 19th 

 of June, 1878, 1 found a nest containing two eggs on a sand- 

 bank of a small island on the River Lima, near Vianna do 

 Castello, and they also breed on the sand-banks of the river 

 Douro above Oporto. In August many appear on the sand- 

 banks at the mouth of the River Douro on passage, and a few 

 stray ones remain till December. 



218. iEoiALiTis HiATicuLA (Linn.). '^ Borrelho," Oporto ; 

 '' Lavandeira,'' Coimbra Museum. 



The Ringed Plover is a winter visitant, first arriving about 

 the middle of August at the mouth of the river Douro, 

 and in September they are abundant. Large numbers pass 

 the winter here, and I have observed them up till the end of 

 March. 



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