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280. /Egialitis cantiana (Lath,}. Kentish Plover. 



Casual visitant, of extremely rare occurrence. 



Ulrome, male and female shot by Mr. Thos. Boynton, May 

 25 and 28, 1869 (Boynton, Zool., 1869, pp. 1843-4.) 



Flamborough : Mr. M. Bailey knows ' of one being shot here 

 about 1857 ' (MS.). 



281. >gialitis curonica (Gm.\ Lesser Ringed Plover. 



Accidental visitant from Continental Europe, Asia, and 

 Africa, of extremely rare occurrence. 



Whixley, male, July 30, 1850 (Garth, Zool., 1850, p. 2953). 

 Others reported to me I believe to be referable to ^E. 

 hiaticula. 



282. >Egialitis hiaticula (Z). Ringed Plover. 



Resident on the coast, breeding more or less commonly on 

 sandy beaches, and also in arable fields near to the shore. 

 At Whitby is only observed as a winter visitant. Inland it 

 is only occasionally seen, but there is reason to believe 

 that it nests, for I have seen several on the shingly shore 

 of one of our inland reservoirs late in May. Large migra- 

 tory flocks, consisting of young birds, arrive on the coast 

 about the first week of August. The variety iutermedius 

 is occasionally observed in May in small flocks. 



283. Eudromias morinellus (Z.). Dotterel. 



Periodical visitant, occurring in spring and autumn while 

 passing to and from its breeding-stations ; most frequent 

 on the coast, where it arrives regularly in the first week of 

 May, sojourning for about a fortnight before taking its 

 departure north. At this date it is also occasionally 

 observed on the higher lands of the county. Much less 

 frequently noticed in the autumn. Now occurs in much 

 smaller numbers than formerly. 



284. Vanellus vulgaris Bechst. Lapwing. 



Resident, generally distributed, abundant. Less general in 

 winter, when it frequents in flocks the lowlands and the 

 coast. There are large arrivals of immigrants in autumn. 



285. Strepsilas interpres (Z,). Turnstone. 



Winter visitant, on the coast. Arrives in considerable num- 

 bers during September, a few in August, the great majority 



