88 BIRDS. 



ORDER — GRALLATORES. 



FAMILY— CHAEADRID^ . 

 Charadrius pluvialis. (Linn.) The Golden Plover. 



Shot sometimes in the winter. 

 Charadrius hiaticulla. (Peun.) The Ringed Plover. 



Scarce on the Trent near Burton. 

 Charadrius morinellus. (Linn.) The Dotterel. 



Mr. Brown, in his History of Tutbury, records an 

 occurrence of this species at Twyford. 

 Vanellus cristatus. (Flem.) The Lapwing — local name, 

 the Peewit. 

 Very common in the winter. 

 Ecematopus ostralegus. (Linn.) The Oyster Catcher. 



A straggler of this species has been shot on the Trent, 

 at Newton Solney. 



FAMILY— ARDEID^. 

 Ardea cinerea. (Linn.) The Common Heron— local name, 

 the Hern. 

 Builds occasionally at Anchor Church. I hear that 

 a pair built there this year (1865). 

 Ardea purpurea. (Linn.) The Purple Heron, 



Shot at Newton Solney within last few years (1881). 

 Ardea stellans. (Penn.) The Bittern. 



An old Reptonian shot a bird of this species, in imma- 

 ture plumage, in the winter of 1862-63, near the 

 junction of the Dove and Trent, and I have a speci- 

 men killed on the Trent before the above date. 



FAMILY— SCOLOPACIDiE. 

 Totanus ochropus. (Temm.) The Green Sandpiper. 

 Has occasionally been seen. 



