CHARADRIIDAE—PLOVERS.
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of Epping, is preserved in the British Museum [32. 139]." Mr. Smee says
(34. 2605) that a fair number were seen round Leigh in October, 1871. At Har-
wich, " it is common during migration " (Kerry).
Mr. J. Glessing, of Forest Gate, has a cream-coloured variety, obtained in
that neighbourhood at the end of April, 1871 (29. May 6).
Kentish Plover : AEgialitis cantiana.
A rare passing migrant in spring and autumn. It breeds in
Kent and Sussex, but not in Essex.
Two were seen and one shot on the beach at Dovercourt on Aug. 23rd, 1876
(Kerry—40. i. 52), and Mr. Hope " saw one near Harwich in October, 1887." The
Rev. M. C, H. Bird observed two,and procured one, at Canvey Island on Sept. 10th,
1881. Several years ago Mr. Bidwell observed a pair at Clacton. At Languard
Point one was observed on Aug. 12th, 1884, two on June 30th, 1885, and two
on Nov. 27th, 1885 (42).
Ringed Plover: AEgialitis hiaticula. Locally, "Stone Run-
ner," and " Ring Dotterel."
A common resident on the coast, though its numbers are largely
increased in autumn by the arrival of birds from elsewhere.
In 1865, Lieut.
Legge noticed their
arrival at Shoebury
at the end of Sep-
tember, when they
were enormously
fat. They seemed
to spend the night
on the beach, and
were usually seen
most about day-
break, or in the
evening (34. 91).
In 1888, Mr. Stacey 
preserved a speci-
men shot at Dun-
mow. Round Har-
wich, it is very
common and it
breeds in increas-
ing numbers on the
beach and sandy
wastes between that place and Walton-on-the-Naze (Kerry). In the Parsons
Collection is one shot by Mr. Parsons on Foulness Island on May 23rd, 1838,
when he also took the nest with four eggs. Mr. Hope says : " It breeds on all
our beaches."
Intermediate Ringed Plover : AEgialitis hiaticula-intermedia.
The smaller and more slender race, which has been by some
regarded as a distinct species, and which seems to be chiefly a south-