the Kentish Plover common on the shores of the Bay of 

 Cadiz in February, and later in the year observed it in 

 small parties on both banks of the Guadalquivir as far 

 up as to within a few miles below Seville. These birds 

 are extraordinarily tame and fearless of man, and will 

 run about and feed imconcernedly within a few feet of a 

 boat full of people. If a flock is fired at, many of the 

 survivors will very soon return to the spot from which 

 they were startled by the shot. In general habits this 

 species resembles the Ringed Plover, but appears to be 

 more exclusively addicted to shingle and hard sands 

 than that bird ; I seldom met with it upon the soft tidal 

 mud. The eggs average three in number, and may be 

 I'eadily distinguished from those of the Ringed Plover 

 by the deeper yellowish tinge of their ground-colour and 

 the irregular and 'scratchy' character of their mark- 

 ings." The usual complement of eggs is three in my 

 experience, but Mr. H. Saunders has more than once 

 found four. 



The Kentish Plover breeds in small numbers in 

 certain localities in England, but has suffered greatly 

 from the greed of collectors of British birds and es-o-sf 



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This bird has a wide range, as it is met with at various 

 seasons from the Tagus to the coasts of China and 

 Japan, and from the shores of the Baltic to Ceylon and 

 the Cape Colony. 



