The Mountain Plover 



"The Mountain Plover's food 

 consists principally, if not wholly, of 

 insects. I examined the stomachs 

 of a great many with reference to this 

 matter, finding in them nothing 

 whatever but insects, excepting, as 

 usual, a little sand or gravel. Grass- 

 hoppers, in their season, seem to be 

 the bird's main reliance, though 

 numerous other insects, as crickets 

 and beetles, are also 

 eaten; and I suppose 

 that worms and small 

 land-molluscs would 

 not come amiss. In the 

 fall, when food is plenty, 

 the birds become very 

 fat, tender and juicy, 

 affording excellent 

 eating." 



Although the occur- 

 rences are 



quite con- 

 trary to 

 k n o w n 

 custom, I 

 have twice 

 seen single 

 examples 

 of this bird, 



Taken in Colorado 



Photo by Wm. C. Bradbury 



THE "MOUNTAIN" PLOVER 

 IS A BIRD OF THE PLAINS 



