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easily taken, for they will come to grain, and feed 

 right up to the net. I mean, of course, wild Pigeons. 

 Green Plover will, however, attract the " Golden " 

 quite as well as their own species often better 

 for it is the larger bird of the two, and more 

 visible at a distance. Golden Plover are very fond 

 of their society, as the latter are by far the most 

 alert as sentinels. A gunner will seldom get a good 

 shot at a stand of Golden Plover, if any Green ones 

 be with them, as the latter always perceive danger 

 first, and, flapping out of their midst, take all the 

 rest away with them. 



