150 BRITISH BIRDS. 



Scotland. — Mr. Harvie-Brown notes an extension south, 

 if not an actual increase in numbers and breeding area, in 

 the Tay district, which began about 1900, suddenly, and was 

 afterwards continued rapidly, especially about 1902-3 (c/. 

 Fauna of Tay Basin, pp. 299-304). 



RINGED PLOVER .^gialitis hiaticola (L.). S. page 539. 



Inland Nesting. — In Worcestershire (D. R. Grubb, Zool., 

 1902, p. 316) ; in Middlesex (R. B. Lodge, t.c, 1901, p. 389). 



KENTISH PLOVER jEgialitis cantiana (Lath.). S. page 



543. 



Durham. — An adult female was found dead near the 

 North Gare breakwater (Teesmouth) at the end of May, 1904 

 (C. E. Milburn, Nat., 1904, p. 283). 



Notts. — One was seen on April 13th, 1904, near Mansfield 

 (J. Whitaker, Birds of Notts., p. 255). 



Kent. — Owing to the rigid protection now in force in their 

 breeding area, their numbers are steadily on the increase 

 (N.F.T.). 



KILLDEER PLOVER ^gialitis vocifera (L.). S. page 545. 



A specimen shot at Peterhead by Mr. Andrew Murray, Jun., 

 m 1867, was labelled " Charadrius hiaticula'' and was dis- 

 covered in the University Museum at Aberdeen and identified 

 as an example of this species by Mr. W. P. Pycraft in July, 

 1904. This, therefore, is the first British-killed specimen 

 (W. P. Pycraft, Ann. S.N.H., 1904, p. 247). 



LESSER GOLDEN PLOVER Charadrius dominicus P. L. S. 

 Miiller. S. page 549. 



Surrey. — A specimen in the Charterhouse collection 

 was shot on Epsom Racecourse on Nov. 12th, 1870 (J. A. 

 Bucknill, Birds of Surrey, p. 283). 



Essex. — One (which was afterwards identified at the British 

 Museum) was shot by Mr. H. Nunn off Shell Haven Point, 

 on the Thames, Aug. 6th, 1896 (H. Nunn, Zool., 1897, p. 330). 



SOCIABLE PLOVER Vanellus gregarius (Pall.). S. page 



553. 

 Ireland. — A female was shot on Aug. 1st, 1899, in a turnip 

 field, by a farmer at Robinstown, near Navan, co. Meath 

 (E. Wilhams, Irish Nat., 1899, p. 233). 



[It Avill be remembered that one was recorded from Kent 

 in 1907, vide antea. Vol. I., p. 57.] 



{'Lo he continued.) 



