148 CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 



KENTISH DOTTEEEL. 



Case 181. 



The true home of this handsome little Plover in the 

 British Islands is the flat line of coast that lies between 

 Rye Harbour and Dungeness Point ; here it is found in 

 numbers during the spring and summer months, 

 usually departing about the beginning or middle of 

 September. It may be met with at a few other spots 

 along the south coast, and also occasionally in Norfolk 

 and Suffolk, but its appearance in those localities is 

 very uncertain. 



The specimens in the case were shot on the sands 

 between Eye and Lydd, on the shores of the English 

 Channel, early in May, 1866. 



COMMON BUNTING. 

 Case 182. 



The Common Bunting is of frequent occurrence in the 

 British Islands, being found, perhaps, more abundant 

 in Sussex than any other county. 



The specimens in the case were shot in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Brighton, in May, 1872. 



STAELING. (IMMATURE.) 



Case 183. 



The young are here shown in their nestling plumage, 

 one or two of the specimens exhibiting a few feathers 

 of their first moult. 



They were obtained at Portslade, near Brighton, in 

 the summer of 1872. 



