The Golden Plover 



THIS is perhaps the most beautiful 

 member of all the Plover family, and 

 has no doubt received its common name from 

 the golden buff or yellowish markings on the 

 plumage of its upper parts. 



The Golden Plover is a frequenter, 

 during the summer months, of desolate 

 wastes and solitary moors in the highest 

 and wildest parts of the west and north of 

 England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Its 

 plaintive call-note can be heard at a great 

 distance and sounds something like " tlui" 

 When the female is sitting on the eggs the 

 male is nearly always doing sentry duty 

 on the top of some knoll commanding a good 

 view of the surrounding landscape. At the 

 first sign of approaching danger he gives a 

 warning cry, and his mate slips oft* the nest, 

 runs for some distance, and joining him, 

 both try their best, and frequently with 



success, to decoy the intruder away. 



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