PLOVER. 



PLOVER. 



Of the plover tribe there are six sorts : ?/. 



GREAT PLOVER (already named among the Curlews). 



BASTARD PLOVER, LAPWING, or PEEWIT. Fringllla va- 

 nellus Le vanneau. 



The one famous for its eggs. 



Old peewits, as we all know, fly round a dog, in 

 order to mislead him from the nest ; and I have ob- 

 served, that the young ones, about July or August, 

 frequently do the same : perhaps in imitation of the 

 parent bird. With a dog, therefore, one, who agrees 

 with the French proverb*, as to their being such a 

 delicacy, may be able to kill several of these birds in 

 the marshes where they frequent. The afternoon is 

 the best time, as peewits prefer the uplands during 

 the morning. 



GOLDEN PLOVER. Charadrius pliivialis Le pluvier dore. 

 GRAY PLOVER. Tringa squatazola Le vanneau pluvier. 

 DOTTEREL. Charadrius morincllus Le guignard. 



RING DOTTEREL, RING PLOVER, or SEA LARK. Chara- 

 drius hiaticula Le petit pluvier a collier. 



The gray plover, and ring dotterel, are coast 

 birds: the others chiefly frequent the marshes and 

 fallows inland, where they feed on worms. 



* " Qui n'a pas mange de vanneau, ne sait pas ce que gibier 

 vaut." 



