162 BRITISH BIRDS. 



that the Roman language doth not reach the name, nor land 

 afford the bird. On Saint George's Day precisely, they pitch 

 on the island, seldom laying fewer than four or more than 

 six eggs." 



This mention of migration on St. George's Day, April 23rd, 

 coincides with the fact that this is the day on which cattle 

 in Eastern Europe are shifted from winter to summer 

 pasture.] 



Vannello congener capella vulgari procerior, at Turdo minor, 

 pennis Cseruleis & crista longa, ex Cornubia Ds. Gunthorp. 



[Smaller than a Thrush . . . with a long crest ? If minor 

 be a misprint for major, this is the Green Plover or Lapwing.] 



Pluviahs cinerea, the Grey Plover, I. 166. t. 53. Aid. 3. 531. 

 G. 647. 



Pluvialis flavescens hujus meminit, I. pag. 165. sine Icone. 



Pluvialis vulg. the Whistling Plover, or green Plover, in 

 Ericeto Lincoln. 



[This is the Golden Plover (c/. Willughby, p. 308 ; cf. 

 Southwell, p. 20).] 



Rallus Itallorum, I. p. 147. Aid. 3. 98. utribique sine icone. j 



[One of the Rails.] 



[Page 183.] Trynga Aid. 3. 814. I. 166. t. 53. juxta stag. 

 na Ichthyophylatica, & rivulorum margines, in agro War- 

 wicensi, Mr. Willoughhy. 



[The Sandpiper {cf. WiUughby, p. 301).] 



Trynga paulo minor, Aid. 3. 482. I. 166. t. 53. idem. j 



Merulam aquat. vidit volantem in Cumberlandia Ds. ' 

 Willoughhy, Aid. 3. 486. I. 166. t. 53. 



[The Dipper, also on p. 171 as Cornix Aquaticus cf. Wil- 

 lughby (p. 149).] 



Charadrios ab incolis. Sea Lark, in littoribus Cambrobritan- 

 nicis, prsesertim in statione Belli Mauritii, I. 166. t. 53. Char- 

 adrios sive Hiatula, Aid. 3. 537. Ds. Willoughhy. 



[" Sea Lark," cf. Willughby, p. 310. Probably the Dunlin, 

 or the Ringed Plover — possibly both {cf. Swainson, pp. 182 

 and 193).] 



Grus, the Cra7ie, I. 166. t. 45. Aid. 3. 329. G. 474. 



[Cf. Turner, p. 97.] 



Crex, a Daker Hen, est avis longis cruribus, csetera coturnici, 

 (nisi quod major sit) simihs, quae in segete & Lino, vere, & 

 in Principio sestatis non aliam habet vocem quam crex, hanc 

 enim vocem semper ingeminat, quam ego Arist. Crecem esse 

 puto, nusquam in Angha nisi in sola Northumbria, vidi, & 



