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after he had sent for a gun, one was brought to him, which 

 having been charged some time, did not readily go off, and 

 in consequence he missed his aim. The report frightened 

 the bird away ; but after making a turn or two, it again 

 settled within a hundred yards of him, when he was pre- 

 pared with a second shot, which despatched it. It was 

 observed to run with incredible swiftness, and, at intervals, 

 to pick up something from the ground ; and was so bold, 

 as to render it difficult to make it rise from the ground, in 

 order to take a more secure aim on the wing. The note 

 was not like any kind of Plovers, nor, indeed, to be com- 

 pared with that of any known bird." 



Dr. Fleming, in his British Animals, records one that 

 was shot in North Wales in 1793 by Mr. George Kingston, 

 of Queen's College, Oxford. 



A third specimen is recorded in Atkinson's Compendium. 

 This example was shot near Wetherby, in April 1816; it 

 was seen alone, frequenting a piece of dry fallow ground, 

 over which it ran with great swiftness, making frequent 

 short flights, and was approached without difficulty. The 

 occurrence of this third example has been further confirmed 

 to me by letter from Mr. Denny of Leeds, who sent me 

 word that it was shot by Mr. Rhodes, a brewer of Leeds, 

 and that the specimen passed into the possession of George 

 Walker, Esq. of Killingbeck Lodge. From this bird seve- 

 ral drawings were made. 



A fourth example is recorded by George T. Fox, Esq. of 

 Durham, in the third volume 'of the Zoological Journal, 

 page 492. " This bird was shot on the 15th of October, 

 1827, under Timberwood Hill, in Charnwood Forest, 

 Leicestershire, by a tenant of Mr. T. Gisborne, who resides 

 at Charley Mill, near that place. He described it as 

 coming flying over his head, uttering a cry with which he 



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