SOME FAMOUS BIRD TRAVELERS 



under their wings, and thus "ride out" the most 

 violent gale. 



But the Plover is believed rarely if ever to 

 rest upon the water. Once under way he must 

 keep on flying until he reaches his desired haven, 

 or falls exhausted into the sea. 



Just how long it takes the Plover to fly two 

 thousand miles no one knows, but Mr. Henry 

 W. Henshaw who has made a special study of 

 the migration of this bird gives us an estimate 

 of the probable speed at which it travels. He 

 thinks that Plovers can easily fly fifty to seventy- 

 five miles an hour, and believes they can travel 

 at the rate of about forty miles an hour for the 

 entire journey. At this pace the birds would 

 cover nine hundred and sixty miles a day, and 

 if they steered a true course they would go from 

 the Aleutian Islands to Hawaii in just two days 

 and two hours. 



During this time they are without either food 

 or rest and we may well believe that when they 

 land they are not only very tired but very hungry 

 birds. 



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