GOLDEN PLOVER—GREY PLOVER. 285 
was shot at Sopley, in 1845, by a shepherd in the employ 
of Mr. W. Tice. 
Genus — Charadrius. 
214. Charadrius pluvialis. Golden PlOYCr. 
A winter visitor to most parts of the county, including 
the Island, and often abundant in certain localities. 
Gilbert White calls this bird the green or whistling 
plover. His earliest date for it was November 13th. On 
November 14th, 1773, he remarks in his Journal, that 
" green plovers do not breed in these parts." 
In the Central Hill district they frequently associate 
with flocks of peewits, but when put to flight the two 
species instantly separate. 
On the New Forest heaths they have certain favourite 
spots, to which they return year after year. 
They are not often procured in summer plumage. 
Genus — Squatavola. 
215. Squatarola helvetica. Grey Plover. 
A spring and autumn visitor to our coasts ; rarely seen 
inland. 
When on the spring migration they have usually 
assumed the black-breasted breeding plumage. 
Not so common on the Island coasts as on the 
mainland. Mr. V. Willett has a specimen obtained at 
St. Catherine's Lighthouse, on migration, on October 12th, 
1893. 
