56 Mr. A. G. More on the Distribution of Birds 
late Mr. Wolley at Thurso, in 1848; and as a female Little Bus- 
tard was killed about the same date in that neighbourhood, the 
occurrence seems worth mentioning here (J. Wolley in MS. penes 
A, Newton). 
(EpIcNEMus CREPITANS (Temm.). Stone-Curlew. 
Provinces II.—V. VIII. X. 
Subprovinces 4-12, 14, 19, 20, 22, 23. 
Lat. 50°-55°.. “ Germanic” type. Not in Ireland. 
Breeds in Dorset, Hants, Sussex, Kent, Herts, Oxford, Bucks 
(perhaps extinct), Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridge, Worcester 
(Blyth), Lincoln, Rutland, Nottingham, and in both divisions of 
Yorkshire ; but is described as rapidly decreasing in most of its 
localities. 
I have no authority for its breeding in Devon, Essex, or Lan- 
cashire. 
CuHaARApDRIUS PLUVIALIS (Linn.). Golden Plover. 
Provinces I. VI. VII.? VIII. X.—X VIII. 
Subprovinces 2, 3, 17, 18 ?, 20, 22-38. 
Lat. 50°-61°.  “ Scottish ” type, or Northern. 
Far more abundant in the north, and especially in Scotland, 
but breeds in small numbers in Devon and Somerset. In Pem- 
broke (Mr. Tracy), and doubtless in North Wales, though I 
have no authority for Subprovince 18. Mr. Eyton writes that 
the Golden Plover is said to breed in the mountains above Chirk 
Castle ; and Mr. O. Salvin has found'the nest in Derbyshire. 
The bird becomes more numerous on the moors from Yorkshire 
northwards, and is especially well known on all the Highland 
mountains. 
CHARADRIUS MORINELLUS (Linn.). Dotterel. 
Provinces [VIII.?] X.—XII. XV. XVII. 
Subprovinces (20 ?), 28-25, 30, 31, 34, 35. 
Lat. 54°-59°. “ Highland’? type. Perhaps in Ireland. 
With respect to Derbyshire, Sir John Crewe informs me that 
