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CHARADRIIDJE. 



Genus SQUATAROLA, Leach, Syst. Cat. Mamm. & Birds 

 in Brit. Mus. p. 29 (1816). 



Squatdrola, the Italian name ; of uncertain origin. 



Squatarola helvetica. GEEY PLOVER. 



Tringa helvetica, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 250 (1766). 



Charadrius squatarola, Naum. vii. p. 249, xiii. p. 230. 



Pluvialis squatarola, Macg. iv. p. 86. 



Squatarola helvetica, Gray, p. 138; Gould, iv. pis. 36, 37; 



Harting, p. 43; Dresser, vii. p. 455. 



Squatarola cinerea, Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 477; id. ed. 3, ii. p. 511. 

 The Grey Plover, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 413. 



Helvetica Swiss ; from Helvetli = the inhabitants of Switzerland, whence 

 M. de, Reaumur first received specimens (Brisson, Ornith. v. p. 110, 1760). 



A tolerably common visitant to our coasts during the two 

 seasons of passage^ being more abundant on the east coasts 

 than elsewhere. It is very generally distributed throughout 

 the world, but is only known to breed in the Arctic regions. 



Genus -ffiGIALITIS, Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 558. 



JEgialitis criyiaXms, of the shore, aiyiaXos. 



JEgialitis cantiana. KENTISH PLOVER. 



Charadrius cantianus, Latham, Suppl. ii. to Gen. 



Synopsis, p. Ixvi (1801). 



Charadrius cantianus, Naum. vii. p. 210 ; Macg. iv. p. 125 ; 

 Hewitson, p. 298; Gray, p. 141; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 469; 

 id. ed. 3, ii. p. 498. 



Jj]gialophilus cantianus, Gould, iv. pi. 40. 

 ^Egialitis cantiana, Harting, p. 44; Dresser, vii. p. 483. 

 The Kentish Plover, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 405. 



Cantiana = Kentish, because specimens were first sent to Latham by Dr. 

 Boys from Sandwich in Kent. 



A somewhat rare visitant during the seasons of passage on 

 the coasts of England, Wales, and Ireland, remaining to 

 breed in limited numbers on the coasts of Kent and Sussex. 

 It is found throughout the temperate parts of the Palaearctic 

 Region, wintering in Africa, India, and South China. 



