The only note which I have heard uttered by the 

 Little Kinged Plover is, — 



Since writing the above, I have been informed by 

 Mr. Mitford, of Hamp stead, that he shot a little 

 Ringed Plover at the same piece of water on the 

 20th August, of the same year. This specimen, 

 which was also immature, he intended to have pre- 

 served, but being called from home before he had 

 time to skin it, it was unfortunately cooked and 

 eaten. 



He remarked a curious fact with regard to it, 

 which was that, a few minutes after it had been 

 shot, it was as stiff as if it had been dead for some 

 hours, from which he inferred that the bird had only 

 just arrived from passage, as he had remarked the 



