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cussed in Circular 22 . Wdiile with us, the food of the Colden 
Idover consists chieh}' of i‘rassho])])ers and other insects. To- 
gether with the Upland Plover or Field Plover, another vanishing 
bird, it is protected in Minnesota until 1918. 
Another of our wading birds, wrongl\’ referred to frequently 
as “Crane.” ddie cranes, be it said, are rather birds of the plains 
and prairies — not of wooded section.s, where we hnd these hsher- 
inen abnndantl}^ rei)resented. Its food consists of frogs and fish, 
but grassho])pers and field mice are not scorned, fdke the king- 
fisher, it may become destructive when freciuenting the ])onds of 
the fish-breeder. 
