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SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
GOLDEN PLOVER 
The Golden Plover makes the longest single fight known to be made 
by any bird in migration,- — that is, 2,500 miles from Nova Scotia 
across the open ocean to South America. Range: North and South 
America. 
for the ambushed plume hunter, and there is but one 
thing that can happen to the baby Egrets in the nest 
after both of their parents have been killed— they starve 
to death. This is one of the most cruel phases of the 
plume trade, and there is no other way to secure the 
aigrette plumes of the Egrets than by killing the adult 
birds. Fortunately, in the United States it is against 
the law to shoot these birds, and it is against the law 
to import the plumes. Until recently it has not been 
illegal to wear these plumes, and the fact that there 
are still a few women who adorn their hats with them 
has encouraged the illegal and cruel killing of these 
birds in our country, or the smuggling in of the plumes 
from some other country. In the latter part of 1919 
the federal regulations have been interpreted to make it 
