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at ouce distinguished from yE. hiatimla by the colour of the 

 shafts of the primaries, which are all dusky except the outer 

 one, which is white throughout. 



In ' Zoologist,' p. 3279, Mr. Ellman states that he obtained 

 a specimen of this scarce bird, at Shoreham, at the latter 

 part of September 1851. 



KENTISH PLOVER. 



JEgialitis cantiana. 



The wide expanses of beach, especially those about Rye 

 Harbour and Winchelsea, and those of the eastern coast 

 generally, are the favourite haunts of this Plover. It arrives 

 in these parts in April, and breeds there in May, though it 

 is not so abundant as formerly. After the breeding- season 

 it may be met with in small parties all along the shore, and 

 has been obtained in the neighbourhood of Hastings and 

 Bexhill, becoming more scarce to the westward of the county, 

 though it has occurred about Shoreham and Worthing. . It 

 does not associate with the Ringed Plover, but appears for 

 the most part singly, or in pairs, running very swiftly oq the 

 sands, and when at rest, standing much higher on the legs 

 than its congener. In its mode of nesting it resembles the 

 other small Plovers, and leaves the country by the end of 

 September. The note is a shrill whistle, quite different from 

 that of the common Ringed Plover. 



GOLDEN PLOVER. 



Charadrius plumalis. 



The Golden Plover seldom arrives before January, during 

 which month and the following large flocks visit the Downs 



