42 RESIDENTS AND MIGEANTS. 



LITTLE BUSTAED. Otis tetrox, Linnseus. 



An occasional winter visitant. More than forty 

 instances of its occurrence in England are known 

 to me. In Scotland it is much rarer, and in Ireland 

 it is only known with certainty to have occurred once. 

 This was in the bog of Killough, co. Wicklow, in 

 August 1833. 



Fam. CHARADRIID^. 



STONE CUELEW. (Edicnemus crepitans, Temminck. 



A summer migrant, especially to the chalk districts, 

 but is occasionally found in winter in Cornwall 

 (Rodd), Devon (M. A. Mathew), and the Isle of 

 Wight (A. G. More). These localities, therefore, may 

 be said to define the limits of its range northward in 

 winter. In the north of England and in Scotland it 

 is unknown, except as a rare straggler ; and the same 

 remark applies to Ireland. 



GOLDEN PLOVER. Charadrius pluvialis, Linnseus. 



Breeds in Scotland and the north of England, and 

 sparingly in Devon and Somerset. To the eastern 

 and southern counties of England it is a winter 

 visitant, sometimes remaining very late and occurring 

 very early. Professor A. Newton writes me word 

 that he believes he has seen the Golden Plover on 

 Thetford Warren during every month in the year, but 

 that it does not breed there. Mr. Thompson has 



