GREAT PLOVER 203 
Wexford :—One, early in December, 1844 (Poole, ‘ Zoo- 
logist,’ 1845). 
Waterford :—One, March Ist, 1840 (Thompson). 
Antrim :—One near Belfast (Ussher, ‘ Birds of Ireland’) ; 
this specimen is preserved in the Belfast Museum. 
Clare :—A specimen said to have been shot in this county 
in the autumn of 1844; the evidence of this record rests on 
a somewhat shaky basis (Ussher, ‘ Birds of Ireland,’ p. 249, 
also Watters, ‘ Birds of Ireland,’ p. 172). 
Fie. 27.—GREAT PLOVER. 
It may be seen from the above that there have been 
several occurrences in winter. ‘To these I may add the 
following note :—On December 10th, 1900, while I was 
engaged watching the movements of a great flock of Golden 
Plover, my attention was attracted by a larger and lighter- 
coloured bird, which was standing at the edge of the flock. 
The bird, undoubtedly a Great Plover, appeared very wild, 
and was anxiously watching my advances. As I viewed it 
with a field-glass at a distance of some two hundred yards, 
its immense and prominent orange-coloured eyes were plainly 
