KENTISH DOTTEREL. COLLARED PRATINCOLE. 179 



SPECIES 170 THE KENTISH DOTTEREL. 



Charadrius Cantianus. Latham. 

 Pluvier a collier interrompu. Temm. 



THIS very rare species, exceeding the ring dotterel in the 

 chaste and beautiful distribution of its colours, has only 

 been obtained in very few instances along the sea-coasts of 

 Ireland. 



One of these specimens in our collection was obtained at 

 Clontarf, in August, 1851, by an attendant at the railway 

 station, who, observing the tameness of the bird in not being 

 alarmed at the bustle of the passengers on the road, passing 

 within some ten feet of where it was feeding, and its appa- 

 rent unwillingness to take flight, killed it with a stone. The 

 specimen was in beautiful adult plumage, and on dissection 

 proved to be a male. 



During the winter of 1852, several pairs came under the 

 notice of J. H. Lamprey, Esq., on the small island situated 

 opposite to Clontarf, some specimens of which were obtained 

 and subsequently preserved. 



Resembling the preceding in its habits, it has obtained the 

 appellation of Kentish dotterel from having been first ob- 

 tained and described from specimens shot at Sandwich, near 

 Kent. 



Habitat Northern Europe. 



GENUS LXXXVII. GLAREOLA (PRATINCOLE). 



SPECIES 171 THE COLLARED PRATINCOLE. 

 Glareola torquata. Selby. 

 Glareole a collier. Temm. 



THIS curious form, which we have placed the last of our shore- 

 birds, is of the greatest rarity, having only occurred in a sin- 

 gle instance, at the seat of Lord Carbery, Castlefreke, in the 

 county of Cork, where it was shot by the Rev. Joshua Stop- 

 ford. 



Interesting to us from the great development of the wings, 

 we might appropriately name the pratincole as the shore 

 swallow, as correctly as we do the tern the sea swallow, in 

 both of which we see the elongated wing, forked tail, and 

 sweeping flight, so much distinguishing our own land bird. 



Little known in its habits, we are indebted to Degland for 

 the following interesting notice : 



u These pratincoles frequent the Black and Caspian Seas 



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