430 Mr. A. G. More on the Distribution of Birds 



birds were formerly found even as far north as Scotland," where, 

 however, they were probably only accidental visitors. 



Even at the date of Montagues ' Supplement ' (1813) the Bus- 

 tard had nearly disappeared from the downs of Wiltshire. It 

 seems to have lingered to a considerably later date in Suffolk 

 and Norfolk, where some nests were found in 1832 and 1833 

 (Loudon^s Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. vi. p. 150; vol. vii. p. 458; and 

 vol. ix. p. 528). In Yorkshire the last egg was taken in 1816, 

 and is now preserved in the museum at Scarborough. 



Obs. — An egg, which can be hardly anything else than that 

 of the Little Bustard [Otis tetrax, Linn.), was obtained by the 

 late Mr. Wolley at Thurso, in 1848 ; and as a female Little Bus- 

 tard was killed about the same date in that neighbourhood, the 

 occurrence seems worth mentioning here (/. Wolley in MS. penes 

 A. Newton). 



CEdicnemus crepitans {Temm.). Stone-Curlew. 

 Provinces II.-V. VIII. X. 

 Subprovinces 4-12, 14, 19, 20, 22, 23. 

 Lat. 50°-55°. " Germanic " type. Not in Ireland. 



Breeds in Dorset, Hants, Sussex, Kent, Herts, Oxford, Bucks 

 (perhaps extinct), Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridge, Worcester 

 {Blyth), Lincoln, Rutland, Nottingham, and in both divisions of 

 Yorkshire ; but is described as rapidly decreasing in most of its 

 localities. 



I have no authority for its breeding in Devon, Essex, or Lan- 

 cashire. 



Charadrius pluvialis {Linn.). Golden Plover. 



Provinces I. VI. VII. ? VIII. X.-XVIII. 



Subprovinces 2, 3, 17, 18?, 20, 22-38. 



Lat. 50°-61°. " Scottish " type, or Northern. 



Far more abundant in the north, and especially in Scotland, 

 but breeds in small numbers in Devon and Somerset. In Pem- 

 broke {Mr. Tracy), and doubtless in North Wales, though I 

 have no authority for Subprovince 18. Mr. Eyton writes that 

 the Golden Plover is said to breed in the mountains above Chirk 

 Castle; and Mr. 0. Salvin has found the nest in Derbyshire. 



