COUES OX BIRDS OF DAKOTA AND MONTANA. 633 



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CHAEADRIUS FDLYUS VIRGINICUS, {Borh) Coues. 



American Golden Plover. 



No Goldeu Plovers are seen iri summer in any portion of the region 

 explored. They pass through in large numbers during the vernal mi- 

 gration, in the month of May, and return again in the fall — the latter 

 part of September. They were very abundant at this time along the 

 Mouse Eiver, and in fact on the prairie at large, for they scatter indis- 

 criminately over large tracts, feeding upon the grasshoppers. Many 

 were shot for food, to replenish a larder upon which four months' steady 

 attention had made serious inroads. At this season, they were in excel- 

 lent order, and proved very acceptable. 



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