CHAPTER XVI 



MISCELLANEOUS SPORT 



Plover 



THERE is very little to be said with regard to the 

 keeper's duties as they affect plover. He may be 

 called upon to direct the guns how to proceed. 

 There are no very definite laws to be laid down. Of 

 course they should no more be approached in an open 

 field than partridges should be, for plover are even 

 more wary than the brown bird. They should be 

 approached by the circular method described in the 

 chapter on the Partridge. The best chances, how- 

 ever, are obtained by attempting to drive them down 

 wind, the drivers approaching the birds in a circle, 

 slowly and noiselessly. 



The following is recommended by the Fowler in 

 Ireland'. " Another method of getting within range of 

 plover congregated in a field is to tie a dog to a short 

 stick and peg it down into the ground, leaving the animal 

 a tether of five or six yards. Secure him a couple of 

 hundred yards away from the ' stand ' to windward, and 

 every bird's eye will be turned in his direction as he 

 moves or struggles. You may then steal up to them on 



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