274 MANUAL FOR YOUNG SPORTSMEN. 
The golden plover, Charadius marmoratus, and his 
brother the black-bellied plover, Churadius Helucticus, 
whom the gunners call the bull-headed, follow. Both of 
these birds are killed on the bays, but are of far superior 
quality when killed inland, on high sheepwalks and pas- 
tures; they must not, however, be confounded with the 
Bartramian sandpiper, or tattler, the most delicious of all 
American birds, not even excepting the canvas-back, which 
goes generally by the name of the “upland plover,” while 
the golden plcver figures as the “ frost bird.” 
Two species of godwits are among these wading visit- 
ors: the great marbled godwit, Limosa Fedea—a regular 
though rare and shy guest on the sea-shores; and the 
Hudsonian godwit, Limosa Hudsonica, smaller and yet 
