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of Epping, is preserved in tiie British Museum [32. 139]." Mr. Smee sa3's 

 (34. 2605) that a fair number were seen round Leigh in October, 1871. At Har- 

 wich, " it is common during migration " (Kerry). 



Mr. J. Glessing, of Forest Gate, has a cream-coloured variety, obtained in 

 that neighbourhood at the end of April, 1871 (29. May 6). 



Kentish Plover : yEgialitis cantiana. 



A rare passing migrant in spring and autumn. It breeds in 

 Kent and Sussex, but not in Essex. 



Two were seen and one shot on the beach at Dovercourt on Aug. 23rd, 1876 

 (Kerry — 40. i. 52), and Mr. Hope " saw one near Harwich in October, 1887." The 

 Rev. M. C, H. Bird observed two, and procured one, at Canvey Island on Sept. loth, 

 1881. Several years ago Mr. Bidwell observed a pair at Clacton. At Languard 

 Point one was observed on Aug. 12th, 1884, two on June 30th, 1885, and two 

 on Nov. 27th,-i885 (42). 



Ringed Plover : yEgialitis hiaticula. Locally, " Stone Run- 

 ner," and " Ring Dotterel." 



A common resident on the coast, though its numbers are largely 

 increased in autumn by the arrival of birds from elsewhere. 



In 1865, Lieut. _,,^ 



Legge noticed their ^ ^ rS:"— ^?/^^S 



arrival at Shoebury ^ ""^ 



at the end of Sep- 

 tember, when they 

 were enormously 

 fat. They seemed 

 to spend the night 

 on the beach, and 

 were usually seen 

 most about day- 

 break, or in the 

 evening (34. 91). 

 In 1888, Mr. Stacey 

 preserved a speci- 

 men shot at Dun- 

 mow. Round Har- 

 wich, it is very 

 common and it 

 breeds in increas- 

 ing numbers on the 

 beach and sandy 



wastes between 'that place and Walton-on-the-Naze (Kerry). In the Parsons 

 Collection is one shot by Mr. Parsons on Foulness Island on May 23rd, 1838, 

 when he also took the nest with four eggs. Mr. Hope says : " It breeds on all 

 our beaches." 



Intermediate Ringed Plover : yEgia/ifis hiaticula-iutermcdia. 



The smaller and more slender race, which has been by some 



regarded as a distinct species, and which seems to be chiefly a south- 



RINGED PLOVER 



