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204 Mr. Peabody on the 
when Audubon accompanied. some French gunners 
from Néw Orleans to shoot thém, one man killed 
sixty-three dozens in the course of the day. When 
they are about taking their departure, they assemble 
in large flocks in the morning, though they rest apart 
from each other at night ;-and at such times, they 
'are caught in great numbers in nets, which they 
are driven into by creating a panic among them. 
No difference can be detected between this and the 
golden plover of Europe ; it is doubtless the same 
with the bird so abundant in the Hebrides, and 
found in most parts of the known world. 
The. Pipine PLOVER, Charadrius. melodus, so 
called from its pleasant, though plaintive note, is 
found along our whole coast in summer. They 
spend the winter on the shores of the southern 
states. In the spring they proceed to the eastward in 
pairs ; if they find a suitable breeding place on the 
way, they alight and take possession, and as they 
are soon joined by others, they soon form a consid- 
erable party. In autumn, they move in flocks of 
twenty or thirty, always keeping near the shore. 
Its flight is strong and rapid, but it is more remark- 
able for its swiftness in running, which is so great, 
that it eludes the eye, and reposes quietly on the 
sand, which it so much resembles that it has no fear. 
of being detected. I have no information of its nest 
having been found in our State, but it can hardly 
be that it should breed so far on each side of us, and 
yet pass us by. The piping plover is valued as 
game, but the sportsman generally gives his attention 
to birds of larger size. 
