MOUNTAIN PLOVER 
281. Podasocys montanus. 9 in. 
No black on breast or sides, but with black band on 
top of head and a black line from bill to eye. Above 
grayish-brown; below buffy across the breast, white else- 
where. Mountain or Prairie Plover, as they are often | 
and better called, are abundant on the western prairies. 
Like the Bartramian Sandpiper, they do not frequent 
the vicinity of water, but live and get their food in the 
dry grass-covered districts. They are not at all shy | 
where they are not hunted. Like all the family, they 
are very fleet on foot, and may often be seen chasing | 
grasshoppers or other active insects. Their flight is 
very rapid, often devious and usually at a low elevation. 
Notes.—A single, low, musical whistle. 
Nest. —A depression in the ground, anywhere on the 
prairie. Eggs brownish-gray, blotched with blackish. 
Range.—West of the Mississippi River, breeding north 
to Dakota. Winters from Southwestern United States 
southward. 
