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KENTISH DOTTEREL. 



KENTISH PLOYEE. 



Charadrius Cantianus, LATHAM. JARDINK. 



AlexandrinuSj HASSELQUIST. 



albifrons, MEYER. 



" littoralis, BECHSTEIN. 



Charadrius ? Cantianus Kentish, 



DR. LATHAM was the first to describe this bird as a British 

 one. 



In Europe it is plentiful in Germany and Holland, and is 

 found in France, Italy, and along the shores of the Mediterra- 

 nean generally, sometimes also as far north as Sweden. It 

 is likewise an African species, occurring in Egypt and 

 Nubia; and also, it is said, an Asiatic, in Tartary, India, the 

 islands of the Indian Ocean Java, and others. 



Sope were killed near Sandwich, in Kent, in 1787 and 

 1791 ; several have been more recently procured there, at Pegwell 

 Bay, and on the Plats, and others towards Sandhurst Castle 

 and Deal. It is likewise numerous at Lydd, in Romney Marsh, 

 and occurs also in Sussex, at Selsey, Rye, and Hastings. In 

 Norfolk it is met with but rarely has occurred near Yarmouth; 

 also in Suffolk. In Cornwall one was captured the 17th. of 

 April, 1852, near Penzance ; it was in company with Sanderlings. 



These birds arrive in April or May, and depart in August, 

 to return again, 'barring accidents,' the following year. 



They frequent the sea-coast, rarely occurring on the banks 

 of rivers. If very high tides compel them, they retire 'pro 

 tempore' into the adjoining fields, or sometimes even farther 

 inland. If danger approaches while the bird is on the nest, 

 the owner immediately runs away from it, so as to deceive, 

 as to its situation, if she can. So also when the young are 



