. Upland game birds . y for ordinary scouting tac-tics. Occasionally, sudden heavy rains floodbig meadows, and thus furnish attractive tem-porary quarters for ducks and waders of vari-ous sorts. In such emergencies the horse mayprove an almost invaluable assistant. A cowof sedate temperament is a possibility in thesame line, but she seldom is so easy to con-trol as the superior animal. In the olden days,an artificial stalking horse frequently was calledinto service; and it is quite possible that acolt out of that ancient steed still might proveuseful upon ground which has been much usedas past
. Upland game birds . y for ordinary scouting tac-tics. Occasionally, sudden heavy rains floodbig meadows, and thus furnish attractive tem-porary quarters for ducks and waders of vari-ous sorts. In such emergencies the horse mayprove an almost invaluable assistant. A cowof sedate temperament is a possibility in thesame line, but she seldom is so easy to con-trol as the superior animal. In the olden days,an artificial stalking horse frequently was calledinto service; and it is quite possible that acolt out of that ancient steed still might proveuseful upon ground which has been much usedas pasture. The fluting of this sandpiper is sweet, far-reaching, and somewhat deceptive. Quite oftenit is distinctly heard falling from an apparentlywingless sky. A good pair of eyes, fixed uponthe quarter indicated by the cry, may pres-ently detect a motelike form lazily floating inthe distant blue. This drifting flight is charac-teristic of the present species, and it usuallyends in a diving slant earthward, which is per-. THE GAME-BIRD OF THE UNIVERSE(Upland Plover) Barf rams Sandpiper—Upland Plover 329 formed without any perceptible motion of thewings. A few feet from the ground the long,beautifully easy descent is gently checked, andthe bird alights as quietly as though it hadstooped only a yard or so instead of hundredsor thousands of feet. For a few seconds afteralighting the bird is apt to keep its wings con-siderably elevated above its back, and the briefpose in this position is particularly the airy fans are sedately furled. Thispretty trick of keeping the wings spread as iffor a momentary study of how they should becorrectly folded is not peculiar to this of its near and remote kin go throughthe same dainty evolution, although, perhaps,without the air of studied care which is charac-teristic of Bartrams sandpiper. While the excellence of this bird for the tableis universally acknowledged, it would appearthat a sojourn in Louisiana is necess
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