. Feathered game of the Northeast . tedPlover is the usual victim in a game bag. TheBelted Piping Plover is less common, and rar-est of all in New England is Wilsons Ploverwhich occasionally strays here from his warmerrange. It is barely possible that the SnowyPlover, {Aegialitis nivosa) a western bird, mayvisit us at times. Along our sea beaches—the outer ones whichare not so much frequented by human kind—in August and the first half of September theirflocks are happily feeding, running nimblyabout, chasing each receding wave with tire-less feet, and as rapidly retreating before eachincoming
. Feathered game of the Northeast . tedPlover is the usual victim in a game bag. TheBelted Piping Plover is less common, and rar-est of all in New England is Wilsons Ploverwhich occasionally strays here from his warmerrange. It is barely possible that the SnowyPlover, {Aegialitis nivosa) a western bird, mayvisit us at times. Along our sea beaches—the outer ones whichare not so much frequented by human kind—in August and the first half of September theirflocks are happily feeding, running nimblyabout, chasing each receding wave with tire-less feet, and as rapidly retreating before eachincoming comber. They are apparently ahappy and good-natured little company, neverquarreling nor wrangling among themselves,and, unfortunately for their own safety, areonly too willing to investigate if they hear aneighbors call. The gunner need not be verycarefully hidden if he can imitate their note, assmall bunches are almost certain to come in andgive him a chance as they are skimming , few sportsmen disturb their m> O Q f-<c < CL CO SEMIPALMATED PLOVER 87 and it is mainly the small boy, the natural en-emy of all living creatures, who decimates theirranks. The two common species are often found inone flock, but with us and in most localities themost numerous race is the Semipalmated,marked as follows: bill short and stout, blackwith orange-yellow base; forehead prominent,rising sharply from the bill as in others of thetribe; above, a dark brownish gray, matchingwell the ribbed sea sand, their home. Itis astonishing how well this protective color-ing hides them when by accident they are stillfor a moment. Below pure white. Throatwhite, the lower part of this patch passing com-pletely around the neck in a narrow this a wide black collar entirelyaround the neck. A j^atch of black at thebase of the bill, running back below the eyeand bordering the white forehead, which isagain sharply defined by the black of the ring of bright orange a
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