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CHAPTER XXVII.
THE PLOVERS.
We come now to the Fifth Order of birds, namely,
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the Grallatores. Grallator means one who goes on stilts, and this Order includes all those long-shanked birds which bare their legs and walk about in shallow waters, and also many which do not go into water but walk upon dry ground on stilts. It must be admitted that this Order comprises a very mixed lot, differing from each other in habits and manner of life as well as in outward form and inward
