They very seldom come into bays like this, but keep more on the outer beaches.

The other one, with black under parts and dark back finely speckled with yellow, is the Golden Plover, who often visits our beaches and marshy meadows." "Do either of them ever nest up the river ?" asked Dodo.
"No, indeed--you would have to travel many hundreds of miles to find the lonely Arctic beaches they both call home.

They only come this way before they take the long fall journey to South America, where they winter; and in the spring-time they are usually in too great a hurry to stop." "What do they look like very near by ?" asked Dodo, who always wanted details, while the boys took a more general sportsmanlike interest.
[Illustration: American Golden Plover.] "The Turnstone is very trim and pretty when seen close at hand, and from the pattern of the feathers is often called Calico-bird.

The Golden Plover is darker and not so conspicuously marked, especially at this season." The Turnstone Length nine and a half inches.
In summer: Upper parts boldly variegated with black, white, and reddish-brown; tail black, with white base and tip.

Under parts white, with large black marks on the breast.