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



Great Britain, as well as on the margin of freshwater lakes, and 

 even numerously on dry sandy warrens in the eastern counties. 

 Obs. — The Little Ringed Plover (CAflr«(/nws curonicus, Beseke) 

 has been by some supposed to breed on the shores of Sussex and 

 Kent, and eggs attributed to this species are preserved in several 

 collections. But there is no doubt that these eggs, as well as most 

 of the birds which have been recorded in Britain as C. curonicus, 

 represent a smaller race of C. Maticula. Certain it is that on the 

 continent C. curonicus is described as frequenting principally fresh 

 water and large rivers. The specimens which Ihave seen from Sus- 

 sex seem scarcely distinguishable, except in size, from C. Maticula, 

 and very different from the true C. curonicus, which is well known 

 to every practical ornithologist. 



Charadrius cantianus {Lath.), Kentish Plover, 

 Provinces II. III. 

 Subprovinces 6, 7. 

 Lat 50°-52°. " Germanic " type. Not in Ireland. 



One of the most local of our indigenous birds, breeding only 

 in Sussex and Kent, in both of which counties it is very scarce. 



Vanellus cristatus {Meyer). Lapwing. 

 Provinces I.-XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 1-38. 

 Lat. 50°-6I°. "British'' type, or general. 



More numerous on the heaths and moors of the north, but is 

 included in every county list as breeding regularly. 



H^MATOPUS osTRALEGUs {Linn.). Oyster-catcher. 

 Provinces I.-IV. VI.-VIII. [IX.] XI.-XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 17, 18, (19), (21), 24-26, 28-38. 

 Lat. 50°-61°. " Scottish " type. 



In the south of England the Oyster-catcher is comparatively 

 rare in summer ; and though it breeds regularly in Cornwall and 

 Devon, a few pairs only occur along the south coast ; nor is it 

 much more numerous on the eastei-n side of England. Thus, 

 though ranging from extreme south to north during the breeding- 

 season, it belongs more properly to the " Scottish " than to the 

 " British " type. 



