. British oology : being illustrations of the eggs of British birds, with figures of each species, as far as practicable, drawn and coloured from nature : accompanied by descriptions of the materials and situation of their nests, number of eggs, &c. . CLII. CHARADRIUS CANTIANUS. (Lath.) Kentish Plover. The Kentish Plover, according to Mr. Gould, is met within considerable numbers near Great Yarmouth. It is alsofound along the flat and shingly beaches of Kent and Sussex,and is sure to be met with on Selsey Beach, and in the imme-diate neighbourhood of Hastings and Sheerness, near Sand-wich, if
. British oology : being illustrations of the eggs of British birds, with figures of each species, as far as practicable, drawn and coloured from nature : accompanied by descriptions of the materials and situation of their nests, number of eggs, &c. . CLII. CHARADRIUS CANTIANUS. (Lath.) Kentish Plover. The Kentish Plover, according to Mr. Gould, is met within considerable numbers near Great Yarmouth. It is alsofound along the flat and shingly beaches of Kent and Sussex,and is sure to be met with on Selsey Beach, and in the imme-diate neighbourhood of Hastings and Sheerness, near Sand-wich, if sought for during the months of May, June, and July. In a notice from Mr. Hoy, which accompanies an egg ofthis species, kindly procured for the use of this work, byProfessor C. J. Temminck, he says : The Kentish Plover fre-quents the sea coast, and is found on those parts where thereare extensive sandy flats. It makes no nest, but deposits itseggs, four in number, in a small hollow in the sand, or amongstfine shingle and broken shells. Mr. Gould, in speaking of this and the following species,says that they lay five eggs. In this he is under a mistake,since no species of this family ever lays more than four. CHARADRIUS MINOR. (Meyer.)Little Rin
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