. American game in its seasons [microform]. Game and game-birds; Hunting; Gibier; Chasse. 162. AMERICAN GAME. getlier witli tlie American Golden Plover, Charadrius Marmopatus, and tlie Black-bellied Plover, Charadrius Ilelmtlcus, on the marshes of the Aux Ca^iards I'iver, near Amherstberg, in Canada West, in the month oi' Sei^tembcr, and a month later at Montgomery's Pool, between lakes 8incoe and Huron. Of the Tattlers, three only are in repute as shore-birds, the best of the species, the Eartramian Tattler, Totamts Bartramms^ better known as tlie " Upland Plover," which is, in fact
. American game in its seasons [microform]. Game and game-birds; Hunting; Gibier; Chasse. 162. AMERICAN GAME. getlier witli tlie American Golden Plover, Charadrius Marmopatus, and tlie Black-bellied Plover, Charadrius Ilelmtlcus, on the marshes of the Aux Ca^iards I'iver, near Amherstberg, in Canada West, in the month oi' Sei^tembcr, and a month later at Montgomery's Pool, between lakes 8incoe and Huron. Of the Tattlers, three only are in repute as shore-birds, the best of the species, the Eartramian Tattler, Totamts Bartramms^ better known as tlie " Upland Plover," which is, in fact, scarcely an exception, the most delicious of all our game-birds, being a purely upland and inland, variety, and as such never, or but extreme!v seldom, shot on the coast. These tlu'ee are. The Yellow-slianks Tattler, Totanus Flampcs, vulgo, " the lesser yellow legs"~a l)ird, in my opinion, of very indifferent cpialifications for the table, but easily decoyed, and readily answering the fowler's whistle, and there- fore affording considenible sport. Tlie Telltale Tattler, Totamts Vociferus, vulgo, "great- er yellow legs," a less numerous species than the former, and more suspicious. Its flesh, when it feeds on the spawn of the king-crab, or " Jlorse-shoe," is all but un- eatable, but later in the season it is in better condition, and is esteemed good eating. A few are said to breed in JSTew Jersey. In the neighborhood of Pb iladelphia, where these birds are shot in groat numbers on the mud-flats of the Delaware from skiffs, with carefully concealed. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858. New York : C. Scribner
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