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jjroportion to tlio size of the bird. I saw these 

 plovers on all the elevated moors : in winter they 

 colleet and descend towards the shores. 



92. The Dotterel, a rare bird anywhere, breeds 

 on Cleebrick, but is by no means numerous. 



93. The Ring Dotterel is very numerous, breed- 

 ing near the lakes and streams, and also near the 

 sea-shore : they leave the inland parts of the coun- 

 try entirely on the approach of winter. 



94. The Peewit or Lapioing is nvimerous every- 

 where from the end of February to the end of 

 October. 



95. The Turnstone is only a visitor, not breeding 

 here. 



96. The Goclwit. 



97. The Sandei'ling. 



98. The Knot, and a great variety of leaders and 

 sandpij)ers which, not being thoroughly acquainted 

 with throughout all their changes of plumage, I can- 

 not enumerate, swarm on all the sandy and muddy 

 creeks and bays of the county. It would require 

 many years, and a most accomplished naturalist, to 

 describe accurately all the varieties that are to be 

 found on these coasts. I am confident that, at dif- 

 ferent times, almost every known kind of shore-bird 

 could be procured. 



99. The Oyster -catcher breeds here and re- 



