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THE KENTISH PLOVER. 



.-Egialitis can'iiana (Latham). 



The Kentish Plover, easily recognizable by its incomplete pectoral 

 band, arrives on the shores of England in April, and departs, as a rule, 

 in September; but individuals, which were probably migrants from 

 the Continent, have been obtained on the east coast in October ; 

 Bridlington in Yorkshire being the most northern locality in 

 which it has been noticed, while it is of rare occurrence in Lin- 

 colnshire, though more frequent in Norfolk and Suffolk. On the 

 shingle-beaches of Kent (whence it was first described), as well 

 as in Sussex, it formerly bred in considerable numbers, but sad 

 havoc has since been made there by collectors. Westward its 

 appearance is unusual, and only a few specimens are recorded from 

 Devon and Cornwall ; but in the Channel Islands it is not uncom- 

 mon, especially on Guernsey and the neighbouring islets. To Ireland 

 it is a very rare visitor. 



With the exception of a recent occurrence in Norway mentioned 

 by Prof. Collett, this species has not been observed above the south 

 districts of Sweden, and it is rare on the Baltic coast of Ciermany ; 

 but in Denmark, Holland and Belgium it is fairly numerous, while 

 in France and the Spanish Peninsula it is abundant, both on the 

 sea-shore and on brackish lagoons at some distance inland, it 



