128 THE BIRDS OF DEVONSHIRE. 



Order LIMICOL^. 



Family OjIdicnemid^. 

 STONE QVmjWN .—(Edicnemus scoIojmx (S. 0. Gmel). 



An occasional visitant, believed to breed annually 

 in a single locality. Dr. Moore writes ; " Although 

 Montagu thought them scarce in Devon, and 

 mentions only two shot in February, near the 

 Start, yet we not unfrequently meet with them. 

 In the winter of 1826, Mr. Drew obtained a 

 specimen, others are in local collections '' (Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. p. 319). Dr. Elliot tells me that an odd 

 bird is shot every few years in the neighbourhood 

 of Kingsbridge, and much the same may be said 

 of the Plymouth and Torquay districts, the Stone 

 Curlew being always rather rare, even in South 

 Devon. In the North of the County it is very 

 seldom noticed. Mr. Mitchell writes, that the only 

 Devonshire pair of Stone Curlews known to him, 

 breed regularly on a small common, which he names, 

 within a few hours' walk from Tavistock. 



Family Glareolid^. 

 COIiLARED PRATINCOLE.— (?fe;-eo/a pmtincola, Linn. 



A RARE visitant. It has not hitherto been killed in 

 Devon, but three independent reports of its 

 occurrence seem to justify its inclusion in the 

 present work. Lord Lilford states that Mr. Buller 

 saw two birds of this species on the Warren, a large 



