CHARADRIID.E. 221 



Order GRALLATORES. Family CHARADRIIDJS . 



GREAT PLOVER, (Edicnemus crepitans. This 

 bird is known by at least half-a-dozen different 

 names in Sussex. In some localities it has 

 usurped the title of the last-named species, and 

 is confidently termed "the little bustard." This is 

 unfortunate. 



GOLDEN PLOVER, Charadrius pluvialis. Not 

 infrequent during winter, particularly near the 

 coast. 



DOTTEREL, Charadrius morinellus. Arrives 

 about the end of April, on certain portions of the 

 Downs between Brighton and Beachy Head. 

 Several are killed every year in the neighbour- 

 hood of Alfriston. Is seen frequently near Hail- 

 sham and Battle. Rare in the western division of 

 the county. The line of its vernal migration 

 would seem to be North-west. Does not breed in 

 Sussex. Reappears in September on its return to 

 the south. 



RINGED PLOVER, Charadrius hiaticula. Pro- 

 vincial, Stone Runner. Common along the coast 

 during the entire year. Their numbers increase 

 in the spring, although not so palpably as those of 

 the dunlins and other Scolopacidce. 



