[f. STONE sb. + ? 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.
