Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 94
dato its arctic nesting grounds, while the westernbirds go up the Malay Peninsula and along theChinese and Siberian seaboard. Wonderful as is this enormous journey of12,000 to 15,000 miles each year, there is at leastone bird whose annual trip exceeds the ploversby several thousand miles. The… … THE GOLDEN PLOVER. The plover makes a journey of some 5000 miles, 2500 being overthe ocean, without even a stop for food. its round trip it may cover as much as 22,000miles—nearly equal to flying around the worldat the equator! In all the year, the only time itexperiences full darkness is during…
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