202 THE BIRDS OF SUSSEX. 



Two examples from tliis county are given in the ' Zoolo- 

 gist ^ : — On December 11 til, 1879, one was shot by Mr.Martin 

 Spiller, near Eastbourne. It was in good condition, and was 

 preserved by Mr. Swaysland, of Brighton. And in the vol. for 

 1887, p. Ill, Mr. Percy E. Coombe records that a fine speci- 

 men was shot in a turnip-field by INIr. Coote, at Clymping, 

 near Arundel, in October of that year. 



LIMIOOL^. 



(EDICNEMID^. 



STONE-CURLEW. 



(Eclicnemus scolopax. 



This is a species still found in Sussex, principally on the 

 South Downs and other wide, uncultivated expanses, as 

 well as on the higher ridges of arable land, between the 

 Downs and the sea, occasionally also on the wide plains of 

 the interior. It was formerly much more common than it is 

 at present, and is not unfrequently met with in the winter 

 months, though generally considered a migratory bird, 

 arriving in April and remaining with us till September. 

 After the breeding-season it assembles in large flocks, and 

 is very vociferous, especially at night, and before rain. 



Its note has been compared to the sound of a rusty winch, 

 such as that of a well, when the bucket is let down. It forms 

 no nest, but lays its two eggs on the open field, and both the 

 eggs and young so strongly resemble the stones, among which 

 they are almost always placed, as to be very difficult to 

 discovero 



