THE UPLAND PLOVER 205 
gaged in breakfasting on the insects, now 
chilled with cold, dull and stupid in the dew- 
laden grass. Then is the time to be upon the 
grounds and beat up the fields, for, like most 
‘wild creatures, they may be more readily ap- 
proached in the early morning and about sun- 
down than at other times of the day. 
The most popular way of hunting these birds 
hereabout is to make up a large party in order 
to more thoroughly cover the fields and grassy 
flats which they inhabit, as in this way more 
birds will be found. The larger the force the 
better, for, as a friend who had a just appreci- 
ation of my abilities with the scatter gun once 
said in inviting me to attend such an excursion, 
““You’d better come,—you know those that 
can’t shoot can scare ’em up for the others.’’ 
As a sport for a lazy man gunning Uplands 
can hardly be considered a glittering success. 
It means much hard work with a large element 
of uncertainty as to results. The sportsman 
must be willing to keep trying all the time if 
he would make a creditable showing, and so he 
plods across the fields under the glare of the 
sun and wonders where the birds may be. He 
drives clouds of insects up from beneath his 
