NATURAL HISTORY. 
curious and rare winter visitor, are furnished 
with scallopped membranes, serrated on their 
edges,—found occasionally on the banks of the 
Teign and Exe, It appears to breed in the arctic 
regions, as Captain Sabine, in the Appendix to 
Parry’s first voyage, notices them as abundant 
un the North Georgian Islands. 
CHARADIUS. I. Hraticura. (Lin.) Brit, 
Zool. 2. p. 479. - The Ring Dotterel. Common 
on the sea shores, in the winter. 
2. C. Cauipris. (Lin.) Brit. Zool. 2. p. 480. 
(Temm. Orn, 2, p. 524. CALIDRIS ARENARIA.,) 
The Sanderling, Common in small flocks in the 
winter. 
3, C. Pruviatis. (Lin.) Brit. Zool. 2. p. 474, 
The Golden Plover. Common on Dartmoor, and 
the neighbouring heaths, in summer ; and on the 
sea coast in winter. 
4, C. Himantopus, (Lin.) Brit. Zool. 2. p. 476. 
White’s Selborne, 2. p. 43. The Long Legged 
Plover, Very rarely met with in Great Britain, 
but frequent in the Southern parts of Europe, 
Africa, and Asia. 
HEMATOPUS. Ostratecus. (Lin.) Brit. 
Zool, 2, p. 482. The Oyster Catcher, Found 
occasionally on the beach at Teignmouth, and 
on the Warren, near Exmouth. 
ARDEA. 1. Cinerea. (Lin.) Brit. Zool. 2. 
p. 421. The Heron, Cofnmon, breeds on the 
Teign and Dart. 
2, A, STELLABIS, (Lin.) Brit. Zool. 2. p. 424. 
