KENTISH PLOVEE. 



^GIALITIS CANTIANA {Latham). 



Charadrius cantianus. Lath. Suppl. ii. to Gen. Synopsis, 



p. Ixvi (1801) ; Naum. vii. p. 210 ; Macg. iv. p. 125 ; 

 Hewiison, i. p. 298. 



^gialitis cantiana, Yarr. ed. 4, iii. p. 267 ; Dresser, vii. 

 p. 483. 



Pluvier a collier interrompu, French ; See-Regenpfeiffer, 

 German; Charran, Spanish. 



This bird, first described by Latham, was named by 

 him as above, on account of his having received speci- 

 mens from Dr. Boys that were killed at Sandwich in 

 1787 and 1791. The Kentish Plover is a very local 

 and not a very abundant vernal migrant to our shores, 

 arriving in April and departing about the end of 

 August. Personally I have met with it but very rarely 

 in this country, but am well acquainted with it from 

 frequent close observation hi Spain and many parts of 

 the shores of the Mediterranean. As I have already 

 published virtually all that I have to say of this bird 

 from my own experience in the ' Journal of the North- 

 amptonshire Nat. History Society,' I make no scruple 

 about quoting therefrom verbatim as follows : — " I found 



