EAST COAST OF ENGLAND. 5B 



Golden Plovek, Charadrius pluvialis. — At Heligoland, July 

 3rd, E., passing over day and night in great numbers; 4th, 

 about twenty young birds ; 23rd and 24th, young birds ; Aug. 

 10th, flights of hundreds, all young ; 12th and 13th, northerly, 

 fine, many high overhead ; Sept. 3rd, great number of waders 

 during night; 8th and 9th, great many; 16th, a.m., flights of 

 dozens, p.m. flights of hundreds ; Oct. 28th, many thousands 

 over sea. At Fame Inner l.h., Aug. 12th to 28th, flocks to and 

 from land every day; Nov. 23rd and 24th, all day. At Coquet 

 Island L.H., Nov. 21st and Dec. 10th, all day. At Teesmouth, 

 Sept. 25th, twenty seen. At Spurn l.h., Sept. 5th, flocks 

 "Plover" N. to S. during day. At Great Cotes, Dec. 9th, 

 immense flights, old birds. At Dudgeon l.v.," Aug. 7th, 3 a.m. 

 to midnight, in small parties, general direction W. ; 25th, 

 some ; Oct. 28th, about one hundred to W. None at southern 

 stations.* The young birds of the year migrate across Heligoland 

 as early as the first week in July, and so on into August. The 

 old birds later and in separate flocks. The migration of old birds 

 as seen at Spurn going towards the north is exceptional, the rule 

 on the east coast being a few old black-breasted birds in August 

 and September, often with Lapwings, then flocks of young birds, 

 and later in November the " great rush" of old birds. 



Grey Plover, Squatarola helvetica. — At Heligoland, June 15th, 

 16th, and 17th, repeatedly ; not mentioned afterwards in report. 

 At Spurn l.h., July 25th, three on the muds ; Aug. 29th, two. 

 On Essex coast, Aug. 14th, Major Kussell saw a flock or two, all 

 having black breasts. The young arrive in August and Sep- 

 tember ; old birds later in October and November ; a few old 

 birds having black or mottled breasts are often seen in July or 

 early in August. Some birds of the previous year, or in their 

 second summer, sometimes remain on the coast during the 

 summer. 



Lapwing, Vanellns vulgaris. — At Heligoland, July 3rd, with 

 many others high overhead, day and night ; 4th, in astounding 



'•' My friend Major Seddon, of Waltham,. informs me that, when at Spurn 

 with his yacht, on the night of Aug. 22nd, he saw thousands of Golden 

 Plover passing north along the sea-shore in detached flocks, flying in lines 

 and arrow-heads ; he was near enough to see that the upper parts were 

 speckled with the "golden drop," and the under parts mottled black and 

 white, as if changing from the summer to the winter dress. 



