308 KENTISH PLOVER. 



buff in ground colour. The young leave the nest as soon 

 as hatched. 



The colour of the upper portion of the body of this 

 bird is brownish black, whilst the under side is white ; 

 the breast and sides are spotted with brown. 



Rarer birds of the Family Charadriidce : — 

 TURNSTONE. 



CHARADRIUS INTERPRES. 

 Genus Charadrius. 

 Hebridal Sandpiper. 



A visitor to our coasts on migration in spring and 

 autumn. Some remain with us through the winter. 

 Possibly it may breed occasionally in Scotland ; but 

 its true breeding range is the far North in the Arctic 

 Seas. 



LITTLE RINGED PLOVER. 



CHARADRIUS MINOR. 



Genus Charadrius. 



A rare straggler of some half-dozen occurrences in 

 England. 



KENTISH PLOVER. 



CHARADRIUS CANTIANUS. 



Genus Charadrius. 



A summer visitor which is occasionally found in the 

 southern and eastern coasts of England. It breeds 



