KENTISH PLOVER. 499 



Clayton, of Rochester, in May, 1830, found this species in 

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

 also found on the shelly bank towards Sandhurst Castle 

 and Deal, from whence I have seen specimens. The 

 Hinged 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. 



Dr. Plomley, who resided 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 

 hundred 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 Yar- 

 mouth, 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. 

 It has been found in the bays of Belfast and Dublin. 



M. Temminck says the Kentish Plover is abundant in 

 the northern parts of Germany, and on the shores of Hol- 



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