134 RARE VISITANTS. 
LITTLE RINGED PLOVER. gialitis curonicus 
(Gmelin)*. 
Hab. Europe; Asia; North Africa. 
One, Shoreham, Sussex (Doubleday) : Gould, Birds of Europe. 
Two, Norwich Museum, said to have been killed in Norfolk 
(Lubbock, ‘ Fauna of Norfolk,’ p. 73) ; one only exists at 
present, and its history is more than doubtful: ¢f. Steven- 
son, Birds of Norfolk, vol. 11. p. 97. 
One, Whixley, Yorkshire, 30th July, 1850: Garth, Zoologist, 
1850, p. 2953. 
One, Shoreham, Sussex, Sept. 1851: Ellman, Zoologist, 1851, 
p. 8279. 
One near Brighton: Cavafy, Naturalist, 1854, p. 234. 
Several between Cuckmere Haven and Seaford, Sussex, Feb. 
1855: Grantham, Zoologist, 1855, p. 4762. 
One out of a flock near Barnstaple, Sept. 1859: Mathew, 
Zoologist, 1859, p. 6762. 
One, Christchurch, Hants, “ many years ago:” Wise, New 
Forest (1862), p. 315. 
One, Scilly, Oet. 1863: Rodd, Zoologist, 1863, p. 8848. 
One, Kingsbury Reservoir, Middlesex, 30th Aug. 1864: 
Harting, Zoologist, 1864, p. 9283; Birds of Middlesex, 
p- 149. In the author’s collection. 
Three out of a flock of twenty, between Lewes and Newhaven, 
17th March, 1866: Monk, Zoologist, 1866, p. 229. 
KILLDEER PLOVER. gialitis vociferus (Linnzeus). 
Hab. North and South America. 
One, Knapp Mill, near Christchurch, Hants, April 1857: 
Sclater, Ibis, 1862, p. 275. 
* Charadrius curonicus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 692 (1788), and 
Beseke, fide Gmelin, Vig. Kurlands, p. 66 (1792). C. philippinus, 
Latham, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 745 (1790). CGC. fluviatilis, Bechstein, 
Naturg. Vog. Deutschl. p. 422 (1809). C. minor, Meyer & Wolf, 
Taschenb. Vog. Deutschl. i. p. 324 (1810). 
