70 BIRDS. 



in the Zoologist was a mistake, as the specimen was for- 

 warded to him from Bridlington, in Yorkshire. 



Whitby, one, Oct. 19, 187 1 (Simpson, Zool, 187 1, p. 2870); 

 now in the Museum. 



Fam. OHARADRIID-ffi. 



277. Cursorius gallicus {^G?n.). Cream - coloured 



Courser. 



Accidental visitant from the sandy plains of Northern Africa 

 and Western Asia, of extremely rare occurrence. 



Wetherby, one, April, 18 16 (Atkinson, Comp. B. Orn., p. 

 165). 



One killed in 1825 by Lord Harewood's keeper (Allis; Gould, 

 Birds of G. Britain). 



Holme, near Market Weighton, one killed in 1828, by Hon. 

 Chas. Stourton's keeper (^A\\\?,,fide Strickland). 



278. Charadrius pluvialis L. Golden Plover. 



Resident, breeding commonly on the moors of Cleveland and 

 . the North-Western Fells ; in the South- Western Moorlands 

 it is much less common, a few pairs breeding annually near 

 Halifax, Penistone, and Sheffield. As a winter visitant it 

 is more general in its distribution, and is then observed in 

 flocks. Arrives late in October and in November, but a few 

 old birds are sometimes observed early in August in summer 

 plumage. Occasionally remains as late as the second week 

 in May. 



279. Squatarola helvetica (Z.). Grey Plover. 



Winter visitant, observed abundantly in the spring and autumn 

 • — chiefly on the coast — on its passage to and from its 

 breeding haunts in far North-east Europe. Appears in the 

 autumn as early as August — the young birds arriving before 

 the old — but the majority arrive later, passing further south, 

 j^j> a few only remaining through the winter. In May, it occurs 



in flocks on the Holderness Coast, in all stages of plumage, 

 and leaves towards the middle and end of the month. 

 Inland it is but of occasional occurrence. 



