ANXIOUS RING-NKCKED PLOVERS. ‘‘WHEN THEY CAME TOGETHER’^ 
CHAPTER XIII 
NORTHWARD WITH THE SHORE-BIRD HOST 
N^o mortal saw it go ; — 
But who doth hear 
Its summer' cheer 
As it flitteth to and fro I 
How ITT. 
S WIFT and tireless of flight, late in May the hordes 
of migrant shore-birds are gone as suddenly as they 
appeared. No one sees them go ; probably the start 
is in the evening. But by the time we miss them they may 
be a thousand miles farther to the north, — that is, when 
they have really decided to be on the move. Previously they 
may have fed leisurely along from beach to beach and marsh 
to marsh, recuperating from their long flight across southern 
seas. But now the vernal influence sounds the clarion call, 
and they forthwith strike the real limicoline pace. 
Where do they go? Less is known about the breeding 
