140 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
THE BIRDS OF THAT PORTION OF THE NORTH- 
EAST COAST BETWEEN TYNEMOUTH AND 
SHATON SLUICE, NORTHUMBERLAND. 
By J. M. CuHaruton. 
(Continued from p. 28.) 
Rineep Piover (Aigialitis hiaticola).— Formerly numerous, 
but now an uncommon visitor, generally in winter. I have seen 
as many as eight gun-barrels emptied at one of these birds at 
St. Mary’s, but it only fled all the swifter. I have not come 
across any examples of the rarer, smaller form of this species, 
which is a spring visitor to England. 
GoupEN Puover (Charadrius pluvialis).—Flocks of these birds 
are not uncommon during some winters, when they frequent the 
arable land in company with companies of Lapwings. 
Grey Piover (Squatarola helvetica).—A fairly regular autumn 
visitant on migration. Mr. C. M. Adamson mentions the 
following as being in his collection:—A male of the year was 
shot on Whitley Sands on Sept. 16th, 1839, from a small flock. 
Another at Hartley, Sept. 14th, 1846. On Aug. 20th, 1862, a 
female in summer plumage was shot at Hartley on its southern 
migration. An immature male was shot near Seaton Sluice on 
Oct. 12th, 1895. Since then there have been quite a number of 
other occurrences. In his Catalogue J. Hancock mentions that 
the third example was the only bird in the summer plumage 
of wkich he had record for Northumberland and Durham. 
Lapwine (Vanellus vulgaris):—A common resident. Large 
numbers arrive in the autumn from the Continent, when huge 
flocks haunt the fields, and I have occasionally seen them 
arriving in April. | 
TURNSTONE (Strepsilas interpres).—Formerly a regular visitant 
in spring and autumn while on migration, but now observed 
infrequently. The first actual records I know of were the 
