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The upland plover.

PLOVER
Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family Charadridæ, and especially those belonging to the subfamily Charadrinsæ. They are prized as game birds. (more info) LL. pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from pluere to rain;
UPLANDISH
Of or pertaining to uplands; dwelling on high lands. Chapman. 2. Rude; rustic; unpolished; uncivilized. His presence made the rudest peasant melt, That in the wild, uplandish country dwelt. Marlowe.
UPLANDER
The upland sandpiper. (more info) 1. One dwelling in the upland; hence, a countryman; a rustic.
UPLAND
1. High land; ground elevated above the meadows and intervals which lie on the banks of rivers, near the sea, or between hills; land which is generally dry; -- opposed to lowland, meadow, marsh, swamp, interval, and the like. 2. The country, as
SEA PLOVER
the black-bellied plover.
NORFOLK PLOVER
The stone curlew.