76 BRITISH SEA BIRDS. 
it in his Birds of Great Britain; and by Latham, 
who described and named it in the supplement 
to his great work, the /udex Ornithologicus, from 
examples which had been obtained on the Kentish 
shingles by Mr. Boys of Sandwich. The Kentish 
Plover bears a superficial resemblance to the Ringed 
Plover, but may readily be distinguished by the 
broken pectoral band, represented by a dark 
patch on each side of the breast, and the reddish- 
brown nape and crown. Unlike the preceding 
species, this Plover is a summer migrant only to 
the British coasts, arriving towards the end of 
April or early in May, and departing again with 
its young in August or September. Odd birds, 
however, have been met with during winter. The 
Kentish Plover does not differ in its habits in 
any marked degree from the Ringed Plover, and 
frequents very similar localities, stretches of sand 
and shingle. Like that bird, it also gathers into 
small parties during summer; but in our islands, 
where its numbers are limited, we more usually 
find it in isolated pairs on various suitable parts 
of the shore. It possesses the same restless habits; 
running about the wet shining sands and shingles 
close to the breaking waves, in quest of the sand- 
hoppers, crustaceans, worms, and other small marine 
creatures on which it feeds. It cannot be regarded 
as a shy bird, permitting a somewhat close approach, 
and manifesting little fear or alarm even when 
its breeding grounds are invaded by man. Its 
