216 THE BIKDS OF CORITWALL. 



of Asia, Australia, Africa, and Central America, as well as the 

 whole coast line of Europe. 



Lapwing ; resident, not uncommon in the breeding season 

 on the wild moorlands ; immense immigrant flocks or stands 

 arrive during the autumn and winter ; extraordinarily abundant 

 in the west of the county during the first fortnight of Jan., 

 1891; nests throughout Europe and northern Africa ; a usually 

 abundant winter visitor at Scilly. 



Turnstone ; formerly a passing visitor in spring and autumn, 

 frequently noted in the west of the county, particularly at Scilly, 

 where it gradually became a regular and abundant winter visitor, 

 more or less in evidence all the year round ; is now a resident, as 

 for at least three years it has bred on the sands there ; breeds 

 in great numbers in the Polar regions, and as far south as 

 the Baltic ; in winter an extensive wanderer, found along the 

 entire coast line of Europe. 



Oyster Catcher ; resident, breeding in Scilly, at Perran- 

 porth, and occasionally elsewhere on the western mainland, but 

 chiefly a passing visitor in spring and autumn ; large flocks 

 often seen durmg winter, when it is usually common on the creeks 

 of the Fal and the Truro river ; occurs yearly at Newquay ; 

 essentially a coast bird ; breeds locally throughout the European 

 coast from North Cape to the Adriatic ; in winter migrates on 

 the west coast as far south as Senegambia. 



Avocet ; an accidental visitor of which only four specimens 

 have been recorded for Cornwall, one at Swanpool, in November, 

 1845; one near Land's End, Sept., 1847; one on St. German's 

 river, Sept., 1871 ; and one near Truro, in Aug., 1880; formerly 

 a regular summer migrant to the east of England ; breeds locally 

 in Denmark, Holland, and on the southern shores of the Baltic, 

 and is abundant in south-eastern Europe. 



Black-winged Stilt ; an accidental visitor from south and 

 south-eastern Europe, of which a single specimen was obtained 

 at Swanpool in 1851. 



Grey Phalarope ; a passing visitor in autumn of very 

 irregular occurrence ; one specimen shot at Par in May, 1878, is 

 the only spring record ; an occasional visitor at Scilly ; large 

 flocks appeared in the county in 1846, 1866, and 1891 ; nests in 



