. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . 1. SOCIAL P L O Y E R. 3. SPUR-WJNGED PLOVER. SOCIAL PLOVER. 163 parts of Europe is accidental. It has, however, occurred in Hungary,Dahnatia, Germany, and Italy. Mr. Saunders thinks he saw aspecimen of this bird in February, 1868, hanging up in the marketat Cadiz, in a semi-putrid state, so that it would have been impos-sible to preserve it. (See the Ibis, 1871, p. 386.) Pallas met withit in great numbers at Jaik and Samara, on the Volga. It has alsobeen found in Persia, Syria, and Sinai. M. ISTordmann
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . 1. SOCIAL P L O Y E R. 3. SPUR-WJNGED PLOVER. SOCIAL PLOVER. 163 parts of Europe is accidental. It has, however, occurred in Hungary,Dahnatia, Germany, and Italy. Mr. Saunders thinks he saw aspecimen of this bird in February, 1868, hanging up in the marketat Cadiz, in a semi-putrid state, so that it would have been impos-sible to preserve it. (See the Ibis, 1871, p. 386.) Pallas met withit in great numbers at Jaik and Samara, on the Volga. It has alsobeen found in Persia, Syria, and Sinai. M. ISTordmann says that hehas no doubt it nests in the south of Hussia, and Temminck re-affirmsthis; but neither adduces any instance of a nest having been found. Dr. Leith Adams informs me that he found the Social Ploverpretty common in the Punjab; and Captain (now Colonel) Irbyincludes it in his list of birds observed in Oudh and Kumaon. InIndia it is known as the Keptusca or Cawnpore Sandpiper: I quotehis own words, (Ibis, 1861, p. 238.)—Exceedingly commonon open sandy plain
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