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Order GRALLATORES. Family CHARADRIID.E. 



GREAT PLOVER, (Edicnemus crepitans. This 

 bird is known by at least half-a-dozen different 

 names in Sussex. In some localities it has 

 usurped the title of the last-named species, and is 

 confidently termed " the little bustard." This is 

 unfortunate. 



GOLDEN PLOVER, Charadrius pluvialis. Not 

 unfrequent during winter, particularly near the 

 coast. 



DOTTEREL, Charadrius morinellus. Arrives 

 about the end of April, on certain portions of the 

 Downs between Brighton and Beachy Head. Se- 

 veral are killed every year in the neighbourhood 

 of Alfriston. Is seen frequently near Hailsham 

 and Battle. Rare in the western division of the 

 county. The line of its vernal migration would 

 seem to be North-west. Does not breed in Sus- 

 sex. Reappears in September on its return to the 

 south. 



RINGED PLOVER, Charadrius hiaticula. Pro- 

 vincial, Stone Runner. Common along the coast 



distance in the direction of the Dyke. I have met with 

 many old people, who, in their younger days, have seen 

 flocks of these noble birds on the Downs. 



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