378 CITIZEN BIRD 



In winter; Withoiii the bright reddish-hrown markings, which 

 are gray ; and with not so much black, wliicii is also duller. 



A Citizen of North America, making its summer home only in 

 the Arctic regions, but at other seasons travelling almost all over 

 the world ; we see it mostly when it is migrating, in spring and 

 fall, along the sea-coast. 



A member of the guild of Ground Gleaners, who gleans its 

 food industriously on beaches, and is very fond of the eggs of 

 horseshoe-crabs. 



The American Golden Plover 



Length ten and a half inches. 



In sunmier : Upper parts blackish, all spangled with yellow of 

 the tint of old gold, white forehead and a line over the eye. Under 

 parts nearly all jet black, but sides of the breast pure white, 

 and lining of the wings gray. Tail barred with white and gray. 

 Bill and feet black. Only three toes, there being no sign of a hind 

 toe, which almost all Plovers also lack. Bill shaped like a Pigeon's. 



In w inter : Without any pure black on the under parts, wdiich 

 are muddy whitish mixed and marbled with gray. 



A Citizen of North America, whose summer home is with the 

 Turnstone in the far North, and who travels to South America 

 every fall and back again in the spring. We mostly see it in 

 flocks on these journeys. 



A member of the guild of Ground Gleaners, and a fine game 

 bird, whose delicately flavored meat is a great luxury for invalids; 

 it is therefore right for sportsmen to shoot Golden Plovers in the 

 fall. 



'' Do tell us some more about paddling and wading 

 birds," said Dodo, forgetting that she was in her sop- 

 ping-wet bathing-dress. 



'• Break — fast ! Break — fast ! Come in — come in — 

 come in ! " called the big bell that Rap's mother was ring- 

 ing at the caljin door. And the morning itself was 

 hardly brighter than the smile on her face at the sight 

 of her lame boy's happiness. 



