












GF BIR -D’s. 65 
: time they fuddenly ftop, and ftand motionlefs ; at. 
thesleaft noife they keep clofe to the ground. 
Flies, beetles, and little fnails, with other infects, 
fuch as crickets, grafshoppers, &c. are their chief 
food ; fometimes, too, they eat little lizards, and 
young {nakes. 
The great Plovers, in the day time, are filent 
and folitary ; that is, they remain feparate : but in 
the evening their cry is heard at a great diftance 
from the hills. “hey fly about then very {wiftly, 
and come near our houfes. 
. Thefe birds are wild and timorous, and fo 
quick-fighted, that they fee the fowler and fly 
age him before he can get within gun- -fhot 
. It is faid that they are ‘reftlefs 
jut before aftorm. They keep 


ds * in this refpe&t from other 
they only frequent dry and high 
