. British birds in their haunts. Birds. THE RINGED PLOVER. 387 of shells and pebbles above high-water mark. Then it becomes at once invisible; or, if the observer be very keen-sighted, he may be able to detect it while it is in motion, but then only. Most probably, let him mark ever so accurately with his eye the exact spot on which he saw it alight, and let him walk up to the spot without once averting his eye, he will, on his arrival, find it gone. It has run ahead with a speed marvellous in so small a biped,. THE RINGED PLOVER. and is pecking among the stones a hundred yards off. Its name i
. British birds in their haunts. Birds. THE RINGED PLOVER. 387 of shells and pebbles above high-water mark. Then it becomes at once invisible; or, if the observer be very keen-sighted, he may be able to detect it while it is in motion, but then only. Most probably, let him mark ever so accurately with his eye the exact spot on which he saw it alight, and let him walk up to the spot without once averting his eye, he will, on his arrival, find it gone. It has run ahead with a speed marvellous in so small a biped,. THE RINGED PLOVER. and is pecking among the stones a hundred yards off. Its name is the Einged Plover, or Einged Dotterel. Fisher- men on the coast call it a Stone-runner, a most appropriate name ; others call it a Sea Lark. In ornithological works it is described under the former of these names. The Einged Plover frequents the shores of Great Britain all the year round. It is a social bird, but less so in spring than at any other season ; for the females are then c c 2. 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 Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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