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the weather is severe, then resorting to high sheep- 

 walks, or open cultivated lands. They occur 

 abundantly in the neighbourhood of our estuaries 

 at the same season. 



GEEY FLOYER.—Squatarola helvetica (Linn). 



An autumn and winter visitant, but only met with 

 sparingly. A specimen shot on the Exe is 

 preserved in the Exeter Museum. 



RINGED VhOYE'R.—yE(/iaUiis hiaticula (Linn). 



A COMMON resident in suitable localities all round 

 our coast. I have taken its eggs on the shingle of 

 Dawlish Warren. The fishermen of the Exe call 

 this bird the " Cats-head." 



KENTISH Vl^OY'EiR.—JEgiaUtis cantiana (Lath). 



A EARE visitant. In the year 1861, a female 

 Kentish Plover was shot on the 7th of May upon 

 the Plymouth Breakwater. It was killed by Mr. 

 F. C. Kingston in the presence of Mr. Gatcombe, 

 who was the first to pick it up, and by whom its 

 occurrence was chronicled, with the remark; "So 

 far as I am aware, this is the first recorded 

 Devonshire specimen" (Zool. 1861. p. 76J:7). 



LAPWING. — VaneUus vulgaris, Bechst. 



A COMMON resident, many breed on Dartmoor and 

 other commons in the County. I have taken its 

 nest at Broadclyst in cultivated lands. Large 



