. Birds that hunt and are hunted; . h a separate, distinct,and somewhat long drawn enunciation, may imitate its peculiarmelody, the tone of which is round, full, and sweet, remindingone of a high key on an Italian hand-organ or the hautboy in achurch organ. The sweet, low notes, it should be added, havean almost ventriloqual quality also, that often makes it difficult tolocate the bird by the ear alone. Retiring to the dunes and meadows back of the beach onlyto sleep or rest when the tide is high, we most frequently seethis active little sprite running nimbly along the wet sands,poking among t
. Birds that hunt and are hunted; . h a separate, distinct,and somewhat long drawn enunciation, may imitate its peculiarmelody, the tone of which is round, full, and sweet, remindingone of a high key on an Italian hand-organ or the hautboy in achurch organ. The sweet, low notes, it should be added, havean almost ventriloqual quality also, that often makes it difficult tolocate the bird by the ear alone. Retiring to the dunes and meadows back of the beach onlyto sleep or rest when the tide is high, we most frequently seethis active little sprite running nimbly along the wet sands,poking among the shells, chasing out after the waves, and hur-riedly picking up bits of food before being chased in by them, orflying above the crests short distances along the beach, usually toescape a deluge from the combing breakers. All its movementsare alert, quick, graceful. At Muskegat, where this plovers nestsare found among the terns, the plover loses little by comparisonwith those preeminently graceful birds. Around the great lakes 246. Plovers scattered flocks are seen in the migrations chiefly; but it is onthe secluded Atlantic beaches, comfortably distant from seasideresorts, that we find the piping plover most abundant. The Belted Piping Plover {/Egialitis meloda circumcincta), awestern representative of the preceding, differs from it only inhaving the black links on the breast joined to form a band. The Mountain Plover {/Egialitis montana), a distinctly prairiebird, rather than a mountaineer, has grayish brown upper parts,the feathers margined with chestnut; the white under parts growyellowish on breast, but without belt or patches; the front of thecrown and the cheeks black. It is almost nine inches long. Ithas all the charming grace, quickness of motion, and winningconfidence that characterize its clan. Wilsons Plover (/Egialitis wilsonia) Length— inches. Male and Female—Upper parts ashy brown, tinged on nape andsides of head with chestnut; forehead and under parts w
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