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since been obtained from tlie same locality. Mr. George 

 Clayton, of Rochester, in May 1880, found this species in 

 pairs at Pegwell Bay, and on the Sandwich Plats ; it is also 

 found on the shelly bank towards Sandhurst Castle and Deal, 

 from whence 1 have seen specimens. The Ringed Plover is 

 common in the same localities ; but the Kentish Plovers may 

 be distinguished from the Ringed Plovers, when on the 

 ground, by their smaller size ; but though they mix together 

 when feeding, Mr. Clayton says the two species do not fly 

 together. 



Mr. Francis Plomley, who resides at Lydd in Romney 

 Marsh, a favourite locality for birds, has been kind enough to 

 supply me with a catalogue and notes of more than one hun- 

 dred birds found in that vicinity. The Kentish Plover, this 

 gentleman observes, is numerous in that locality ; it arrives 

 in April, breeds on the shingle, and departs in August. 



Colonel Montagu, judging from his collection of birds, still 

 preserved with care in the British Museum, appears never to 

 have obtained an adult male in summer of this species, or he 

 could have had no doubt that the bird was perfectly distinct 

 from the Ringed Plover, last described ; indeed his collection 

 appears to have included but one young bird. The Kentish 

 Plover has since been killed in various places on the coast of 

 Sussex from Rye along the flat shingle-covered shore towards 

 Hastings, where I have reason to believe it breeds every 

 year ; Mr. Gould mentions that specimens have been killed 

 at Selsey, a few miles farther westward in the same county ; 

 and at Great Yarmouth, in Norfolk, it appears to have been 

 obtained both by Mr. Eyton and Mr. Gould, farther north 

 than which it has not been observed in this country, that I am 

 aware of. 



The Kentish Plover is admitted as a good species by Con- 

 tinental authorities in Ornithology. M. Temminck says it is 

 abundant in the northern parts of Germany, and on the 



