. British birds for cages and aviaries; a hanbook relating to all British birds which may be kept in confinement .. . LAIWINGS. and feed on small worms, snails, slugs and insects of allkinds. They are very easy to rear by feeding them, asnearly as possible, on the diet natural for them, whenthey become extremely tame and make very interesting pets. The Norfolk Plover. See Thick-Knee. The Oyster-catcher, or Sea-pie. This is a black and white bird about i^ feet in length,with orange-yellow bill and greenish-yellow legs and feet,and weighing 16 or 17 ounces. It is of wandering ratherthan migrator
. British birds for cages and aviaries; a hanbook relating to all British birds which may be kept in confinement .. . LAIWINGS. and feed on small worms, snails, slugs and insects of allkinds. They are very easy to rear by feeding them, asnearly as possible, on the diet natural for them, whenthey become extremely tame and make very interesting pets. The Norfolk Plover. See Thick-Knee. The Oyster-catcher, or Sea-pie. This is a black and white bird about i^ feet in length,with orange-yellow bill and greenish-yellow legs and feet,and weighing 16 or 17 ounces. It is of wandering ratherthan migratory habits, collecting in small flocks during 156 BRITISH BIRDS the winter season but nearly always on the coast. Theeggs are four in number as is usual with the Plovers, andyellowish or buff-white spotted with black, brown and young can run about very actively soon after theyare hatched, and can be reared without much difficultyon their natural diet, marine insects, small Crustacea,. Oyster-Catchers. molluscs and fish. If pursued they hide their heads afterthe manner of the Ostrich. The nest is generally placedamong stones above high water mark, but sometimes on and female are alike. They moult twice a year,spring and autumn. The Plovers Page. See Dunlin [tinder Sandpipers). The Ringed Plover, or Ringed Dotterel. Also called the Land-Lark, Sea-Lark, Dull Willy andother local names. In the northern parts of the British Islesit is a resident species, but a winter visitor only in the south. FOR CAGES AND A VIARTES. 157 The eggs, four in number, are laid on the ground, amongwater-worn stones, from which it is difficult to distinguishthem; the young, too, are covered with mottled down thatclosely mimics the surroundings of the helpless little creatures. The habits and mode of feeding are the same with thisspecies as with the other Plovers already noticed. The Turnstone. Not unlike the Oyster-Catcher, but has a brown back, ablack bill and dark orange-brown le
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