33^ Bartrams Sandpiper — Upland Plover 



in Louisiana, feeds upon a certain insect which 

 imparts to the flesh a flavor calculated to make 

 a man forget his troubles, his appointments, 

 and everything that is his. 



THE GOLDEN PLOVER 



{Charadrius dommicus) 



Adult male {summer plumage^ — Entire upper parts, black, spotted 

 all over with golden yellow and white ; wing-coverts, sooty 

 brown, with a few spots of yellow and white ; primaries, 

 brown, shafts, whitish ; upper tail-coverts, black, with irregu- 

 lar golden bars ; tail, brownish gray, with white bars, and 

 flecked with yellowish ; across the forehead, above the eyes, 

 and down the sides of the neck, extends a broadening white 

 line until it joins the white sides of the breast, which in turn 

 merge into white flanks ; sides of head, neck, and all lower 

 parts to under tail-coverts, jet black, with golden spots along 

 the edge of the black of breast and flanks ; under tail-coverts, 

 white ; bill, black, one inch long ; legs and feet, lead color. 

 Length, about lo inches; wing, 7; tarsus, i^. In the winter 

 plumage, the under parts are white, or whitish, with a few 

 brownish and black mottlings. The adult female is like the 

 male, but slightly paler and less decided in all conspicuous 

 markings. Range, the Americas, from the Arctic regions to 

 Chili and Patagonia. 



The golden plover, "green plover," "golden- 

 back," " frost-bird," etc., has the same claim 

 to recognition among upland game as has been 

 advanced in behalf of the preceding species. As 

 it breeds in the far north and spends the win- 

 ter so far south, it is a migrant so far as this 



