74 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION 



Himantopus avocclla. 

 Sterna nigra. 

 Podiceps nigricollis. 



Four other species pass along our shores in spring and autumn 

 without leaving any behind in spring to breed ; but the first and 

 second have only been recorded from England, the third only 

 from England and Scotland, and the fourth only from England 

 and Ireland : 



Sterna caspia. 

 Sterna anglica. 

 Erithacus suecica. 

 Tringa platyrhyncha. 



Ten species which are principally known as spring and autumn 

 migrants are represented in summer by a few individuals that 

 remain to breed, the first and second in all three kingdoms, the 

 third in England and Scotland, the fourth, fifth, sixth, and 

 seventh in Scotland only, and the eighth, ninth, and tenth in 

 England only : 



Charadrius morindlus. 

 Anas circia. 

 Pernis apivorus. 

 Pandion haliaetus. 

 Phalaropus hyperboreus. 

 Totanus glottis. 

 Numenius phceopus. . 

 Charadrius cantianus. 

 Totanus pugnax. 

 Falco subbuteo. 



ACCIDENTAL VISITORS. 



There are several reasons why the number -of Accidental 

 Visitors to England should so largely exceed those known to 

 have occurred in Scotland or Ireland. England contains a much 

 larger area than either of the sister kingdoms. The number of 

 people capable of recognising a strange visitor is very much 

 larger. Very many of our Accidental . Visitors breed in South 

 Europe and visit us in spring, having overshot the mark on their 



