224 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Turnstone, Strepsilas interprss. About the first of the 

 waders to arrive from the North, coming during the first week in 

 August. They pass on almost at once. A few have been obtained 

 in full summer dress. 



Lapwing, Vanellus cristatus. Breeds very sparsely in the 

 hill-districts, seeming to prefer fallows and the sand-links of the 

 coast. 



Grey Plover, Squatarola helvetica. Visits the Dovey in de- 

 creasing numbers, generally at the end of August or beginning of 

 September. 



Golden Plover, Charadrius pluvialis. Breeds very sparsely 

 on the slopes of Plynlimmon, and in other parts of the hill- 

 district ; more plentifully upon the Elan Moors, near Khayader. 

 Occurs at Aberystwyth during rough winter weather. Visits the 

 Dovey from September to May, large flocks usually arriving there 

 with the first snow ; but if frost continues they soon leave. They 

 are generally very wild. 



Dotterel, Eudromias morinellus. Mr. Hutchings informs 

 me that a Dotterel was shot by the late Mr. Richards, of Penglais, 

 Aberystwyth, upon the Bryn-y-mor fields. 



Ringed Plover, JEgialitis hiaticula. Very numerous as a 

 breeding species along the greater part of the Merionethshire 

 coast, and about the warren at Borth, south of which point the 

 coast is unsuitable, and only an occasional pair is to be found. 

 Last year but few had arrived on April 9th ; the majority were 

 still in flocks on the 30th, laying not being general till the middle 

 of May. 



Oystercatcher, Hcematopus ostralegus. Breeds commonly 

 on the beaches and warrens of the Merionethshire coast, and to 

 within about a mile of Borth. Scattered pairs nest at intervals 

 along the Cardiganshire coast upon rocky points, islets, and 

 stacks. Non-breeding birds are seen in flocks all through the 

 nesting season. 



Cream-coloured Courser, Cursorius gallicus* The example 



obtained at Ynyslas, near Borth, in Cardiganshire, by Mr. Horton, 



in October, 1886, has been sufficiently recorded (see 'Zoologist,' 



1887, p. 269). 



(To be continued.) 



