A number of ‘Charadrii’ [Little Ringed Plovers], ‘Hiaticulae’ [Ringed Plovers] and ‘Tringae’ [Sandpipers] were running around close to the river-bank and an attempt was made to shoot one with ball. We succeeded to the extent that we were left with a wing and a foot, the rest being so smashed and dismembered that I found it impossible to tell the species.