large numbers, on our flat coasts, as well as casually on 

 open grass and ploughed lands, all over the country. 

 Worms, small snails, and grubs are the favourite food of 

 these pretty birds, but in captivity they will gradually 

 take to a vegetable diet, upon which they thrive well. 

 The flesh of the Golden Plover is held in high and well- 

 deserved estimation. 



