THE KP]NTISH PLOVER. 



Charadrins cant'utnus. 



HIS prettj^Jittle Plover has 

 been kiu)\yn to naturalists as 

 n British bird for about a 

 eeiihiry, the first recorded 

 npeciinens being secured in 

 1787 at Sand\yich, in Kent. 

 Since that time^ however, the 

 bird has been noticed in several 

 of the English counties, though 

 its partiality for the county 

 first mentioned is still sufti- 

 ^'^^iiib^ marked to affoi'd ample 

 reasoii for the continuance of 

 its name. 



The Kentish Plover is 

 migratory in its habits, arriv- 

 ing on our shores about April 

 or the begiiniing of May, and 

 remaining until August or 

 September. The broad, fiat, 

 shingle-covered shores of Kent 

 and Sussex, especially the 

 former, and the extensive tract 

 known as Romney Marsh, are 



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