EINGED PLOVER — GOLDEN PLOVEE. 145 



THE RIITGED PLOVER. \'L5 



^gialitis hiaticula. 

 The Ringed Plover is an occasional visitor to the Thames 

 district in spring and autumn, more rarely wandering up the 

 tributary valleys. Two were seen, about the end of March, 

 1852, on the banks of the river in Port Meadow [Zoologist, 

 p. 3476), where the Rev. Murray A. Mathew has also shot one 

 {in lit.). In the same place two in immature plumage were 

 shot in August, or early September, 1885 (J. E. Kelsall in lit.), 

 and two pairs were seen on the i8th May, 1887 (W. W. 

 Fowler in lit.). Mr. G. Arnatt has one which was shot at 

 Stanton Harcourt, on the 22nd March, 1883. At Standlake 

 a pair were seen, and the male shot, on the banks of the Isis, 

 on the 5th May, 1885 (W. H. Warner, MS.). In March, 

 1888, one was shot at Oxford, and another was observed by 

 Mr. W. Warde Fowler frequenting a flooded valley at King- 

 ham from the i8th to the 21st of that month. In the same 

 year one was shot on Port Meadow on the 9th May. Near 

 Banbury it has once occurred on the canal, some years ago. 

 The Messrs. Matthews record that the Ringed Plover 

 occasionally visited the county in winter. [Zoologist, p. 2537.) 



THE KENTISH PLOVER. \ ^l. 4 



JEgialitis cant tana. 

 The Kentish Plover is a casual visitor of very rare occur- 

 rence. The Rev. A. Matthews has seen two examples in the 

 flesh while in the hands of the late Mr. Forrest, of Oxford. 

 These were shot, before the year 1849, on the banks of the 

 Isis in Port Meadow, either in late autumn or early spring 

 [in lit.). 



THE GOLDEN PLOVER. \ 9 ^ 



Charadrius 2:>luvialis. 

 The Golden Plover is a winter visitor, occasionally ap- 

 pearing in spring after it has assumed the black breast 



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