. The American sportsman: containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of the game birds, and wild fowl of America . edwith the same golden or orange-colored spots, mixed with othersof white ; breast, belly, and vent, black; sides of the breast whitish;wing-quills black ; middle of the shafts white; greater covertsblack, tipped with white ; lining of the wing black; tail regu-larly barred with blackish and pure white; tail coverts purewhite; legs and feet a dusky lead color; the exterior toe joinedto the middle by a broad membrane; hind toe very small. From the length of ti
. The American sportsman: containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of the game birds, and wild fowl of America . edwith the same golden or orange-colored spots, mixed with othersof white ; breast, belly, and vent, black; sides of the breast whitish;wing-quills black ; middle of the shafts white; greater covertsblack, tipped with white ; lining of the wing black; tail regu-larly barred with blackish and pure white; tail coverts purewhite; legs and feet a dusky lead color; the exterior toe joinedto the middle by a broad membrane; hind toe very small. From the length of time which these Birds take to acquiretheir full colors, they are found in very various stages of plu-mage. The breast and belly are at first white, gradually appearmottled with black, and finally become totally black. The spotsof orange, or golden, on the crown, hind head, and back, are at BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. 235 first white, and sometimes even the breast itself is marked withthese spots, mingled among the black. In every stage, theseemingly disproportionate size of the head and thickness of thebill will distinguish this CHAPTER XIX. GOLDEN PLOVER. CHARADRIUS , NOMENCLATURE, ETC. This Bird is more beautiful in its plumage than tlie othervariety, but somewhat smaller; it is also far less numerous; itshabits are pretty much the same, perhaps more Gregarious, asthey are often seen in considerable flocks on the seaboard. Thenotes of the Golden Plover are less shrill and piping than thoseof the Black-Bellied Plover; they are less timid and easily de-coyed. These Birds are often taken for the young of the othervariety—they are known as Frost Birds in the neighborhoodof New York, from the circumstance of their being more numer-ous about the time of the early frosts of Autumn, when they arealso in good condition. The Golden Plover resorts to the up-land meadows in search of berries and grasshoppers, both ofwhich it is very partial to. The flesh of this Bird
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