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fEgialitis cantiana (Zazh.). Kentish Plover. 
Casual visitant, of extremely rare occurrence. 
Ulrome, male and female shot by Mr. Thos. Boynton, May 
25 and 28, 1869 (Boynton, Zool., 1869, pp. 1843-4.) 
Flamborough : Mr. M. Bailey knows ‘ of one being shot here 
about 1857’ (MS.). 
fEgialitis curonica (Gm.). Lesser Ringed Plover. 
Accidental visitant from Continental Europe, Asia, and 
Africa, of extremely rare occurrence. 
Whixley, male, July 30, 1850 (Garth, Zool., 1850, p. 2953). 
Others reported to me I believe to be referable to 4. 
hiaticula, 
fEgialitis hiaticula (Z.). Ringed Plover. 
Resident on the coast, breeding more or less commonly on 
sandy beaches, and also in arable fields near to the shore. 
At Whitby is only observed as a winter visitant. Inland it 
is only occasionally seen, but there is reason to believe 
that it nests, for I have seen several on the shingly shore 
of one of our inland reservoirs late in May. Large migra- 
tory flocks, consisting of young birds, arrive on the coast 
about the first week of August. The variety TEES 
is occasionally observed in May i in small flocks. 
Eudromias morinellus (Z.). Dotterel. 
Periodical visitant, occurring in spring and autumn while 
passing to and from its breeding-stations ; most frequent 
on the coast, where it arrives regularly in the first week of 
May, sojourning for about a fortnight before taking its 
departure north. At this date it is also occasionally 
observed on the higher lands of the county. Much less 
frequently noticed in the autumn. Now occurs in much 
smaller numbers than formerly. 
. Vanellus vulgaris Bechst. Lapwing. 
Resident, generally distributed, abundant. Less general in 
winter, when it frequents in flocks the lowlands and the 
coast. ‘There are large arrivals of immigrants in autumn. 
. Strepsilas interpres (Z.). Turnstone. 
Winter visitant, on the coast. Arrives in considerable num- 
bers during September, a few in August, the great majority 
