BRITISH BIRDS. 13 



The Golden Plover is common in this country 

 and all the northern parts of Europe; it is very 

 numerous in various parts of America, from Hud- 

 son's Bay as far as Carolina, migrating from one 

 place to another, according to the~[seasons. It 

 breeds on high and heathy mountains; the female 

 lays four eggs, of a pale olive' colour, variegated 

 with blackish spots. They fly in small flocks, and 

 make a shrill whistling noise, by an imitation of 

 which they are sometimes enticed within gun-shot. 

 The male and female do not differ from each other. 



