PLATE XLVIII. 
The Plover. 
In this Plate is given the Male Bird, which differs much in colour from the Female given in our 
laft Number. It has in it's appearance a much bolder, and more mafculine look, and the feathers at 
the top of the head are confiderably longer, and marked ftronger: their colours are more full and 
brilliant than they are in the Female; and they are kept in Gardens, where they deftroy the Sluggs, 
&c. but are fhy when approached. It is common for them to leave the place in which they were bred, 
and great flocks of them are feen about the Fenns in Lincolnfhire, as well as other places. Many 
are fold in the London Markets though they are not particularly delicious to the palate. 
