200 BIRDS OF CHESHIRE. 
ORDER LIMICOLA. 
PAMILY CEDICNEMID. 
STONE CURLEW. 
CEDICNEMUS SCOLOPAX (S. G. Gmelin). 
The Stone Curlew is a very rare visitor to the north- 
west of England, and has only once been obtained in 
Cheshire. A specimen in the Warrington Museum, 
labelled ‘Hoole, Chester, was purchased by Mr. F. 
Nicholson from a Chester birdstuffer.t Mr. Nicholson 
informs us that he saw this bird in the flesh, and 
was perfectly satisfied that the record was genuine. 
Byerley’s remark that the bird is ‘said to have been 
seen on the Hoylake shore’ is too vague to be of 
any value.” 
FAMILY CHARADRIIDA. 
DOTTEREL. 
EUDROMIAS MORINELLUS (Linnzeus). 
The Dotterel is only known in Cheshire as a passing 
migrant in spring. There has probably been a con- 
siderable decrease in its numbers during the last fifty 
years, but small trips are still seen almost every year 
in May and June by the gamekeepers on the moors 
in the neighbourhood of Crowden and Woodhead. In 
1 Dobie, op. cit. p. 332. 2 Byerley, op. cit. p. 17. 
