THE KENTISH PLOVER 



Charadfins cantianns. 



HIS pretty little Plover has 

 been known to naturalists as 

 a British bird for about a 

 century, the first recorded 

 specimens being secured in 

 1787 at Sandwich, in Kent. 

 Since that time, however, the 

 bird has been noticed in several 

 of the English counties, though 

 its partiality for the county 

 first mentioned is still suffi- 

 ciently marked to afford ample 

 reason for the continuance of 

 its name. 



The Kentish Plover is 

 migratory in its habits, arriv- 

 ing on our shores about April 

 or the beginning of May, and 

 remaining until August or 

 September. The broad, flat, 

 shingle- covered shores of Kent 

 and Sussex, especially the 

 former, and the extensive tract 

 known as Romney Marsh, are 



