62 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
ground to give the Plovers an opportunity of 
flocking together. As foon as they are collected, 
the fowlers rife from the ground, make a great 
noife, and throw their fticks up in the air; the 
Plovers are affrighted, take to their wings, and 
fkim low, juft above the ground, and fo ftrike 
againft the net, which is immediately let fall upon 
them. Frequently the whole flock is taken. But 
one fowler alone, in 2 more eafy manner, fome-_ 
times takes a confiderable number; he conceals 
himfelf behind his net, and with a bird-call, made 
of bark, he imitates the cry of the siebes:- and 
draws them into his fnare. 
Plovers inhabit England the whole year: in 
France they ftay but a little while; they difappear 
as foon as the fnow begins to fall ; they return in 
the Spring for a fhort time only, for in the Sum- 
mer they go into more northern climates to 
breed. 
- There are feveral fpecies of the Charardrius. 
The ringed Plover is one fpecies: it is found in 
both Continents, from Siberia to the Cape of Good 
Hope ; and from the Straits of Magellan, to Hud- 
fon’s Bay, in America. 
The Ringed Plovers live near the fea-fhores, 
and follow the tides : they run very faft upon the 
fands, and take fhort flights, and twitter loud; if 
they 

