OP BIRDS. 
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GREY PLOVER. 
The Grey Plover is about the size of the 
lapwing. The head, back, and coverts of 
the wings are black, with tips of a greenish 
grey, the chin white, the throat spotted with 
dusky spots, and the breast, belly, and thighs 
white. The llesh of this bird when caught 
ln a proper season, is delicate and savoury, 
otherwise it is hard and has a strong and 
rank flavour. These, with their affinities, 
are properly natives or visitants of this 
country, and arc dispersed along our shores, 
rivers, and watery grounds. To include the 
hirds of this kind, belonging to other coun- 
ties, the list would be very numerous, and 
die whole of this class, as described by 
frisson, would amount to near a hundred. 
