upland plover
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
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 William Temple Hornaday
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 William Temple Hornaday
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.
From In New England Fields and Woods by Rowland E. (Evans) Robinson
There were upland plover in great plenty; and before I had been away from the camp fifteen minutes I had several in my pockets.
From Vandemark's Folly by Herbert Quick
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