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sparingly in Kent and Sussex. Its habits closely 

 resemble those of the Ringed Plover. The nest is a 

 mere hollow scratched in the sand or shingle and is 

 not lined. The eggs are buff in ground colour, spotted 

 and blotched with blackish brown and dark grey. 



GREY PLOVER. 



CHARADRIUS HELVETICUS. 



Genus Charadrius. 



A bird of fairly common occurrence on our coasts, 

 more particularly on the eastern ones. Most numerous 

 in the autumn and spring on migration, but also found 

 in the winter. 



CREAM-COLOURED COURSER. 



CURSORIUS GALLICUS. 

 Genus Corsorius. 

 An accidental visitor. 



COMMON PRATINCOLE. 



GLAREOLA PRATINCOLA. 



Genus Glareola. 



Collared Pratincole — Austrian Pratincole. 



An accidental visitor, chiefly to the south and east 

 of England : about thirty examples have been obtained. 

 Its flight is like a Swallow's, and its eggs are not 

 pointed like the Plover's ; but its habits leave little 

 doubt about which family it should be grouped under. 



