THE RINGED PLOVER 
A@GIALITIS HIATICUDA 
Loca names in surrounding counties: “* Stone-runner,” 
| Ring Dotterel. | (issex). 
Status IN British AvirauNnA: A passing migrant in 
spring and autumn, a few possibly remaining to breed 
on the coasts of Kent and Sussex, and frequenting suitable 
inland places as well as the coast. 
Rapiat DisrriBUTION WITHIN FIFTEEN MILES OF ST. 
Paut’s : ‘The Ringed Plover is met with every year during 
the seasons of spring and autumn migration in various 
spots in the Metropolitan area. It is occasionally seen 
on the foreshore of the ‘Thames about Battersea, and 
round the margins of the filtering-beds there, whilst 
the various reservoirs in the suburbs, Kingsbury, the 
Welsh Harp, Wimbledon Lake, and many other similar 
places tempt it to make a short sojourn. Whether the 
large resident race of the Ringed Plover (digralitis major) 
ever visits London I am unable to say, as it is very difficult 
of identification unless closely examined. ‘The fact that 
Ringed Plovers are usually only seen in our limits during 
spring and autumn is strong presumptive evidence that 
these individuals belong to the smaller race. At any 
rate the facts present a very interesting problem for the 
London ornithologist to solve. 
This little Plover is a dweller by the waterside, where 
it may be watched running daintily to and fro in quest 
of food. If disturbed it rises and flies away along the 
shore or makes a détour over the water at no great height, 
again alighting close to the water’s edge. Occasionally 
it wades into the shallow water, or trips lightly over the 
mud. It seems by no means at home on the banks of 
these London waters, and seldom makes a prolonged stay. 
Its alarm-note is a loud, shrill too-7t, the call-note a sound 
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