178 BIRD GALLERY. 
No. 112. KENTISH PLOVER. (JA'gialitis alexandrina.) 
A summer visitor to the south of England, arriving in April and 
usually migrating southward in September. It breeds in some numbers 
on the shores of Kent and Sussex, occasionally wanders westward to 
Devon and Cornwall, and has been met with on the east coast as far 
north as Yorkshire. The eggs, usually three in number, are deposited 
in a hollow seratched in the sand or among fine shingle: they are buff, 
spotted and streaked with blackish-brown and grey. 
Both the eggs and young birds are difficult to distinguish from their 
surroundings. The two nests exhibited were from the same locality, 
but were placed at some distance apart. 
Kent: eggs, May; young birds, June. 
Presented by Colonel L. H. Irby & Colonel Willoughby Verner. 
No. 113. RINGED PLOVER. (A®gialitis hiaticola.) 
The larger race of the Ringed Plover, sometimes called the Ringed 
Dotterel, is more or less resident throughout the British Islands, and 
inhabits the flat sandy portions of our coasts, as well as the shingly 
banks of the larger rivers and inland lakes. A smaller race visits our 
shores for a brief period in spring and, possibly, a few remain to breed 
in Sussex and Kent. The four eggs are laid in a hollow in the sand, 
often lined with fragments of shells; they are pale buff or stone-colour, 
spotted with black and grey. Two broods are usually reared in a 
season. 
Both the eggs and young birds so closely resemble their surroundings 
that they are difficult to find. 
Sussex, May. 
Presented by Mr. Walter Burion. 
No. 114. COMMON SANDPIPER. § (‘lringoides hypoleucus,) 
This species, often called the “Summer-Snipe,” is a regular visitor 
to the British Islands, arriving in April and departing in September. It 
breeds on the banks of almost every loch and stream in Scotland, and 
is common in Ireland, Wales, and the northern and western portions of 
England, but less plentiful in the southern and eastern counties. Its 
nest, of dry grass, leaves, ete., is placed in a hollow in the ground, 
