. The birds of Dorsetshire; a contribution to the natural history of the county. Birds. 86 THE BIRDS OF DORSET. of 1847 and 1849, for example, a considerable num- ber of Grey Phalaropes aj)peared, and in the spring of 1849 one in summer lolumage (rarely obtained in England) was shot by the Rev. C. Torkington at Weymouth Breakwater. It is curious, as remarked by Mr. Harting, that although the Grey Phalarope is sometimes quite numerous in the eastern and southern counties of England, at the period of its autumnal migration (at which season it has assumed. the winter plumage), it is very rarely m
. The birds of Dorsetshire; a contribution to the natural history of the county. Birds. 86 THE BIRDS OF DORSET. of 1847 and 1849, for example, a considerable num- ber of Grey Phalaropes aj)peared, and in the spring of 1849 one in summer lolumage (rarely obtained in England) was shot by the Rev. C. Torkington at Weymouth Breakwater. It is curious, as remarked by Mr. Harting, that although the Grey Phalarope is sometimes quite numerous in the eastern and southern counties of England, at the period of its autumnal migration (at which season it has assumed. the winter plumage), it is very rarely met with here in spring in the very different plumage of the breeding season ; indicating that on its return northwards to its breeding haunts in spring it adopts a route which does not take the main body of the migrating birds through the British Islands, as is the case in autumn. An extraordinary visitation of this species occurred in the autumn of 1866, chiefly on the south and south-east coasts of England, between August 20th. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mansel-Pleydell, John Clavell, 1817-1902. London, R. H. Porter; [etc. , etc.
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