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258, ARGIALOPHILUS CANTIANUS ee whe o VOREEV PLARE. 
KenrisH PLovER. 
A spring and summer resident, coming here to breed in May. 
Common on the south coast. 
Genus AUGIALITIS. 
Of these little Plovers or Ringed Dotterels, as they aremore commonly 
called, numerous species are spread over both the Old and the New 
World. Two are found in Britain—one of which is stationary, the 
other an accidental visitor. 
259, AIGIATITISHIATIOWEA, — 7 ¢ 1s my sop Ol Ve) eleNeiale 
Rineep Prover. 
A resident species, abundant in most parts of the three kingdoms. 
O60, AGIALIVIS MINOR... . . . « « « « Vol, Wo Plaine 
Lirrir Rincep PLover. 
An occasional visitant, the native country of which is Eastern 
Europe, Africa, and India. 
261. AXGIALITIS VOCIFERA. 
Kill-deer Plover. 
This American bird has been added to the list of our fauna from 
the circumstance of a specimen having been killed in Hampshire in 
1857. 
Genus Evpromias. 
The type and almost the only representative of this genus is the 
well-known Dotterel, which passes over the British Islands in May. 
262. EvproMIaAS MORINELLUS. « + » «» « Vol. LY, Pl. SLID, 
DorrEeReEL. 
Spring and autumn migrant; breeds in Westmoreland and the 
adjoining counties. 
Genus Cursortivs. 
A small genus of highly interesting birds which persistently keep 
to the regions of the Old World, and almost exclusively to Africa 
and Asia. Swift of foot, they have been called coursers. They are 
said to trip over the ground with great nimbleness, their movements 
then presenting no inapt resemblance to pieces of paper blown about 
by the wind. They naturally inhabit great sandy wastes rather than 
cultivated and arable lands; and hence the only European species 
is but seldom seen. 
