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243. CHARADRIUS PLUVIALIS, Linn. Golden Plover. 
A spring and autumn visitor in great numbers, and resident also during 
the winter. Arrives in September, October, and November, the young 
preceding the old. Depart for the north from the middle of March to 
the end of April, the flocks having, more or less, assumed the black- 
breasted plumage. Latest seen May 10th and 14th. Nests on the 
moors above Scarborough. 
244, SQUATAROLA HELVETICA (Linn.). Grey Plover. 
The first arrivals from the north in autumn are old birds in summer 
plumage; later in September come the young, and the adults in October 
and November. Some few remain on the coast throughout the winter. 
The return journey is in May, when hundreds of black-breasted birds are 
seen on the Humber flats and on the coast, some lingering into the second 
week in June before they go north. 
245. VANELLUS VULGARIS, Bechst. Lapwing. 
Resident and nesting, but locally in less quantity than a few years 
since. Enormous numbers visit the coast districts in the autumn, 
arriving from the east in October and November, the immigration being 
continuous for days together. In mild winters these remain during 
the season; severe weather, however, soon drives them south. They 
finally leave the district in March. 
246. STREPSILAS INTERPRES (Linn.). Twrnstone. 
A winter visitor. Numbers arrive on the coast from early in Sep- 
tember, but few remain after the end of November. Common again on 
the coast in May on their northward journey; a few immature birds 
remaining all through the summer. 
247. HaMATopus osTRALEGUS, Linn. Oyster-Catcher. 
A winter visitor, often great numbers arriving on the coast in Sep- 
tember, and some remain all through the winter, and in certain localities 
in the summer months. Formerly nested plentifully on the Lincoln- 
shire shore, above high-water mark. In 1888, three pairs nested at the 
Spurn, and in 1890, a pair in a potato field on the Lincolnshire coast. 
248. RECURVIROSTRA AVOCETTA, Linn. Avocet. 
One was shot many years since at Croxby pond, North Lincolnshire, 
by Mr. Harneis, of Thorganby Hall, the exact date I cannot ascertain, 
but it must be seventy years since. Sixty years ago, was not unfrequently 
seen on the coast. In 1867 one remained about a fortnight on the 
Humber muds. In the last week of April, in 1893, a pair frequented 
a pond near the Flamborough lighthouse, and the female was shot 
[‘Nat.,’ 1893, p. 203]. The last time the avocet is known to have 
nested in Britain was on an island at the mouth of the Trent, in 1840 
[‘ Hand. Yorks. Vert.,’ pp. 72-3]. 
249. Himantopus canpipus, Bonnat. Black-winged Stilt. 
Many years since, two, old and young, in the collection of Mr. 
Stephenson, of Beverley, were shot in Aike Carrs [‘ Hand. Yorks. Vert.,’ 
p. is) 
250. PHALAROPUS FULICARIUS (Linn.). Grey Phalarope. 
An occasional visitor in the autumn and winter. Since 1865 to the 
present date, I have notes of nineteen obtained from September 28rd to 
February 22nd, within the district. 
