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found suitable jilaces for this species. We did not, however, 

 meet with it. 



Ringed Plover. 



Fairly numerous, but not so counnon as the Kentish Plover. 

 Small flocks were always to be seen in August on the sands, 

 foreshore, and banks of the ditches in the Polder het Noor- 

 den. Noted each day in September and October in varying 

 numl)ers. On 22 Septembei* a flock passed high over the 

 island going south-west. " Nests only rarely, in the polders 

 and on the shore" (L.J.). "Breeds, but common as a 

 migrant " (D.). Pearson saw a pair in Hendrick's Polder 

 on 26 May, 1905, where he supposed they were breeding. 



It is somewhat remarkable that this species should be so 

 rare as a breeding species, not only on Texel but on all the 

 West and East Friesian Islands, its place being taken by the 

 Kentish Plover, whereas on the North Friesian Islands 

 exactly the opposite obtains. '' l*robably also nests on 

 Terschelling*" (L.J.). 



Kentish Plover. 



On 2G August we saw young in the dunes at Slufterbollen 

 hardly able to fly ; they were numerous on the shore, pre- 

 ferring the drier sand near the " jjuzzle-weed *' ; a large 

 increase in numbers on 1 Se})tember, on which day they 

 swarmed, two huge flocks being seen. Odd birds were noted 

 in the dykes of the polders. By I'J September there were 

 very few and these were new arrivals, and the last were seen 

 on 21 Se[)tember, "Breeds commonly" (D. & L.J.). 

 "Nests found in the Polder het Noorden " (Pearson). 

 " Polder het Noorden, also on dried mud near the dunes; 

 nests lined with broken cockle- and clam-shells and bleached 

 sheep-droppings " (Davies) . " Breeds on all the Dutch 

 Friesian Islands " (L.J.). 



Golden Plover. 



Small parties noted on the shore on 27 August, on which 

 day the first arrived, and each day after this others followed. 

 In September and October flocks were seen on the shore 



