OF BRITISH BIRDS. 15 



Charadrius cantianus. 

 Totanus pugnax. 

 Faico subbuteo. 



Accidental Visitors. 



There are several reasons why the number of Accidental Visitors to 

 England should so largely exceed those known to have occurred in Scotland 

 or Ireland. England contains a much larger area than either of the sister 

 kingdoms. The number of people capable of recognizing a strange visitor 

 is very much larger. Very many of our Accidental Visitors breed in 

 Sovith Europe and visit us in springy having overshot the mark on their 

 spring migration. Probably very few of them which reach our shores pass 

 on to Scotland or Ireland. 



The total number of Accidental Visitors may be estimated at 135 ; of 

 which 126 have been recorded from England, 58 from Scotland, and 58 

 from Ireland. 



Of the species of British Birds whose appearance in our Islands is so 

 irregular or so seldom that they can only be regarded as Accidental Visitors, 

 thirty-five have been recorded from all three kingdoms : — 



Falco vesper finus. 

 Falco yyrfaico islandus. 

 Falco (jyrfalco canuicans. 

 Circus ceruffinosus. 

 Scops scops. 

 Merops apiaster. 

 Pastor roseus. 

 Lanius major. 

 Geocichla varia. 

 PhijUoscopus superciliosus. 

 Sylvia ^lisoria. 

 Emberiza lapponica. 

 Emheriza hortulana, 

 Ectopistes migratorius. 

 Syrrhaptes paradoxus, 

 Botaurus lentiginosus. 

 Platalea leucorodia. 

 Ardea purpurea. 

 Ardea comata. 

 Ciconia alba, 

 Tr'inga pectoralis. 

 Tringa rvfescens. 



