130 THE BIRDS OF CUMBERLAND. 



Family GLAREOLID^. 

 Genus GLAREOLA. 



G. Pratincoh. Collared Pratincole. 



The Pratincole is an accidental visitant from 

 southern Europe. An example was shot near 

 Bowness on the Solway, in 1807 {Graves, Brit. 

 Orn., Vol. II, near the end). Another appears to 

 have been shot in Lancashire in the same year 

 (Birds of Lancashire, p. 174), and it is possible 

 that these two specimens, the first recorded as 

 obtained in Great Britain, had wandered to our 

 shores in company. 



Family CHARADRIIDtE. 



Genus CURSORIUS. 



C. Gallicus. Cream-coloured Courser. 



The Cream-coloured Courser is an accidental 

 visitant from north Africa or western Asia. An 

 example was killed at Allonby, on the Solway, in 

 October, 1864. (ZooL, 1865, p. 9418.) 



Genus CHARADRIUS. 



C. Pluvialis. Golden Plover. 



The Golden Plover is a numerous resident, and 

 generally distributed during the winter months. 

 During the nesting season, it is chiefly restricted to 

 elevated moors, but a few pairs breed on the mosses 

 of low grounds. The nest is a mere depression in 

 the ground, the eggs being laid from the middle of 



