stonehatch
(ˈstəʊnhætʃ)
[f. stone n. + ? stem of hatch v.1 (see quot. 1882–4).]
The ring-plover or stone-plover, ægialitis hiaticula.
| 1852 Macgillivray Brit. Birds IV. 116 Charadrius Hiaticula. The Common Ring-plover... Stonehatch. Stone Plover. 1882–4 Yarrell's Brit. Birds (ed. 4) III. 258 The nest is only a slight hollow in the sand..; but sometimes..lined or covered with a number of small stones about the size of peas, upon which the eggs are laid, and this habit has gained for the Ringed Plover..the provincial name of Stone-hatch. |