upland plover
Britishnoun
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The upland plover wails his greeting to the tussocked pastures, where day and night rings the shrill chorus of the hylas and the trill of the toads continually trembles in the soft air.
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Also there were many crow-blackbirds hopping about in the dry fields, and the upland plover were breeding close by the light-house.
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May, and the upland plovers now were nesting all across the prairies.
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Delaware: Wood duck, upland plover, least tern, Wilson tern, roseate tern, black skimmer, oystercatcher, and numerous other littoral species.
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There were upland plover in great plenty; and before I had been away from the camp fifteen minutes I had several in my pockets.
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