upland plover
Britishnoun
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They quit early at dusk, satisfied at having spotted 129 species, including such rarities as the upland plover and the western kingbird.
From Time Magazine Archive
In North America this is to-day the status of the whooping crane, upland plover, and several other species.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
Two caterpillar enemies of cotton, the cotton worm and the cotton cutworm, are eaten by the upland plover and killdeer.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
Also there were many crow-blackbirds hopping about in the dry fields, and the upland plover were breeding close by the light-house.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 by Various
New York: Quail, woodcock, upland plover, golden plover, black-bellied plover, willet, dowitcher, red-breasted sandpiper, long-billed curlew, wood-duck, purple martin, redheaded woodpecker, mourning dove; gray squirrel, otter.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
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