470 CHARADRIIDjE. 



Clayton, of Eochester, in May 1830, found this species in 

 pairs at Pegwell Bay, and on the Sandwich Plats ; it is 

 also found on the shelly bank towards Sandhurst Castle 

 and Deal, from whence I have seen specimens. The 

 Ringed Plover is common in the same localities ; but the 

 Kentish Plovers may be distinguished from the Ringed 

 Plovers, when on the ground, by their smaller size ; but 

 though they mix together when feeding, Mr. Clayton says 

 the two species do not fly together. 



Mr. Francis Plomley, who resides at Lydd in Romney 

 Marsh, a favourite locality for birds, has been kind enough 

 to supply me with a catalogue and notes of more than 

 one hundred birds found in that vicinity. The Kentish 

 Plover, this gentleman observes, is numerous in that 

 locality ; it arrives in April, breeds on the shingle, and 

 departs in August. 



Colonel Montagu, judging from his collection of birds, 

 still preserved with care in the British Museum, appears 

 never to have obtained an adult male in summer of this 

 species, or he could have had no doubt that the bird was 

 perfectly distinct from the Ringed Plover, last described ; 

 indeed his collection appears to have included but one 

 young bird. The Kentish Plover has since been killed 

 in various places on the coast of Sussex from Rye along the 

 flat shingle-covered shore towards Hastings, where I have 

 reason to believe it breeds every year ; Mr. Gould mentions 

 that specimens have been killed at Selsey, a few miles 

 farther westward in the same county ; and at Great 

 Yarmouth, in Norfolk, it appears to have been obtained 

 both by Mr. Eyton and Mr. Gould, farther north than 

 which it has not been observed in this country, that I am 

 aware of. 



M. Temminck says the Kentish Plover is abundant in 



