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frequently meet with this species in odd pairs or 

 alone, but sometimes a party of half-a-dozen 

 the brood and their parents presumably are seen. 

 Turnstones are sometimes met with on the rocky 

 islands in Tor Bay. They are always somewhat 

 wild and difficult to approach. It may be seen 

 here from the end of August onwards, but we do 

 not think that it remains with us during the winter, 

 except in very occasional instances. Another bird 

 almost as rare in the vicinity of Tor Bay is the 

 Oystercatcher. This seems all the more remark- 

 able seeing that the coast hereabouts is eminently 

 suited to its requirements. We do not think we 

 have seen it in this Bay more than half-a-dozen 

 times during a residence of eight years in the 

 locality, save during the winter of 1898-99, when 

 the species was exceptionally abundant. Curiously 

 enough, we have seen it most frequently in 

 precisely the same spots as those frequented by 

 the Turnstone. 



Late in autumn two species of Plover appear in 

 some numbers upon many parts of the low-lying 

 coasts of Devonshire. The most familiar, as it 

 certainly is the most abundant, is the well-known 

 Lapwing. Some of the flocks of this bird that 



