^Egialitis hiaticula (Linn.).
KINGED PLOVER
JEGIALITIS HIATICULA {Linn.).
Charadrius hiaticula, Linn. S. N. i. p. 253 (1766); Naum.
vii. p. 191; Macg. iv. p. 116; Hewitsort, ii. p. 296.
iEgialitis hiaticula, Yarn. ed. '4, iii. p. 257; Dresser, vii.
p. 497.
Pluvier a collier, French; Sand-Regenpfeiffer, German;
Frailecillo, Correrios, Spanish.
This pretty bird, which is known by a variety of
names in different parts of the country, is common on
all our sandy and shingly coasts throughout the year,
and is also frequently to be met with inland on the
banks of rivers and lakes. The Ringed Plover lays its
four eggs in a hollow in the sand or shingle; and I can
confirm from personal observation the fact stated in the
4th edition of ‘Yarrell,’ that the cavity in which the eggs
are laid is occasionally lined with a number of small
stones, from which habit the bird has in certain localities
acquired the name of Stone-Hatch. These birds show
the greatest anxiety and distress when their eggs or
young are approached, and will go through all the