42 HI HI) GALLERY. 



No. 112. KENTISH PLOVER. (J2gialitl8 alexandrina.) 



A summer visitor to the south of England, arriving in April and 

 usually migrating southward in September. It breeds in some numbers 

 on the shores of Kent and Sussex, occasionally wanders westward to 

 Devon and Cornwall, and has been met with on the east coast as far 

 north as Yorkshire. The eggs, usually three in number, are deposited 

 in a hollow scratched in the sand or among fine shingle : they are buff, 

 spotted and streaked with blackish-brown and grey. 



Both the eggs and young birds are difficult to distinguish from their 

 surroundings. The two nests exhibited were from the same locality, 

 but were placed at some distance apart. 



Kent : eggs, May ; young birds, June. , 



Presented by Colonel L. H. Irby # Colonel Willoughby Verner. 



No. 113. RINGED PLOVER. (iEgialitis hiaticola.) 



The larger race of the Hinged Plover, sometimes called the Ringed 

 Dotterel, is more or less resident throughout the British Islands, and 

 inhabits the flat sandy portions of our coasts, as well as the shingly 

 banks of the larger rivers and inland lakes. A smaller race visits our 

 shores for a brief period in spring and, possibly, a few remain to breed 

 in Sussex and Kent. The four eggs are laid in a hollow in the sand, 

 often lined with fragments of shells ; they are pale buff or stone-colour, 

 spotted with black and grey. Two broods are usually reared in a 

 season. 



Both the eggs and young birds so closely resemble their surroundings 

 that they are difficult to find. 



Sussex, May. 



Presented by Mr, Walter Burton. 



No. 114. COMMON SANDPIPER. (Tringoides hypoleucus.) 



This species, often called the " Summer-Snipe," is a regular visitor 

 to the British Islands, arriving in April and departing in September. It 

 breeds on the banks of almost every loch and stream in Scotland, and 

 is common in Ireland, Wales and the northern and western portions of 

 England, but is less plentiful in the southern and eastern counties. Its 

 nest, of dry grass, leaves, etc., is placed in a hollow in the ground, 



