The question was whether the golden plover was Europe's fastest game bird.

The American golden plover, which formerly came in immense flocks, is now very rare.

The golden plover, once exceedingly abundant east of the Great Plains, is now rare.

Yellow-legged plover, golden plover; Hudsonian and Eskimo curlew, prairie chicken.-(James Howard, Wichita.)

With the exception of the golden plover, few of the wading birds resemble those of Europe.

Dyche); golden plover, Eskimo curlew, Hudsonian curlew, wood-duck (C.H.

A flock of golden plover flew overhead.

An international research project has been set up to answer questions about the kuriri, or Pacific golden plover.

Before the storm immense numbers of golden plover had appeared and were in large flocks on the plain.

In autumn, the moorlands are rich with species such as swallows, fieldfares and spectacular flocks of golden plover.

Whooping crane, wood-duck and golden plover.

We see a few pathetic groups of green and golden plover where once they were in their thousands.

Wood-duck, knot, greater yellow-legs, upland plover, golden plover, piping plover, great horned owl.-(Harry S. Hathaway, South Auburn.)

Photo: 123rf The kuriri, or Pacific golden plover, migrates from New Zealand to somewhere near the Arctic Ocean each year.

A Pacific golden plover bird or kuriri being tracked to help understand the species' population decline, has touched down in Japan.

Up to the last week of April we had seen and heard a flock of about 200 golden plover wheeling overhead.