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CHARADRIIDiE. 
GRALLATORES. 
CIIA RA BRIIBJE. 
KENTISH PLOVER. 
Charadrius cantianus. 
PLATE LXXYII. FIO. III. 
The Kentish Plover has now been met with on 
various portions of the sea-coast of the south of Eng¬ 
land. Mr. Gould says, that it is found along the flat 
and shingly beaches of Kent and Sussex, and is sure 
to be met with on Selsey beach, and in the immediate 
neighbourhood of Hastings and Shellness near Sand¬ 
wich, if sought for during the months of May, June, 
and July. It has also been killed near Great Yarmouth. 
The late Mr. Hoy, who accompanied his information 
with a specimen of the egg of this species, kindly pro¬ 
cured for me by Professor C. J. Temminck, says that 
the Kentish Plover frequents those parts of the sea- 
coast where there are extensive sandy flats. It makes 
no nest, but deposits its eggs, four in number, in a small 
hollow in the sand, or amongst fine shingle or broken 
shells. 
Mr. Gould, in speaking of this and the following spe¬ 
cies, says that they lay five eggs. In this, he is evidently 
under a mistake. 
