. Stories about birds of land and water . entirely wanting. The head is thick,with large dark eyes placed rather far back ; and the bill is about the lengthof the head, the outer half slightly notched, a little like that of the pigeon. The most beautiful of all the tribe is the bird in the picture, that iscalled the golden plover, and has a costume of brownish black, spottedround with yellow. The wings are a chocolate brown ; and the fore part ofthe breast is black grey, bordered with white. The golden plovers live in every part of Britain during the winter. Inopen weather they are scattered a
. Stories about birds of land and water . entirely wanting. The head is thick,with large dark eyes placed rather far back ; and the bill is about the lengthof the head, the outer half slightly notched, a little like that of the pigeon. The most beautiful of all the tribe is the bird in the picture, that iscalled the golden plover, and has a costume of brownish black, spottedround with yellow. The wings are a chocolate brown ; and the fore part ofthe breast is black grey, bordered with white. The golden plovers live in every part of Britain during the winter. Inopen weather they are scattered about on plains or ploughed fields. Butwhen the frost seals up the ground, they betake themselves to the beach,and run about on the sand, picking up what they can find, and now and thenwade a little into the sea. Thus, for a season, they contrive to gain a liveli-hood. But when spring comes, they seem to remember their native moorsand commons, and then they gather in straggling flocks, and fly away in thar N STORIES ABOUT BIRDS. K>^ !?. ^_u ^X }\
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