Plover: alternatives and connections

widely distributed and highly prized American freshwater game fishes (sunfish family)

A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinae, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a…

One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus Limosa, and family Tringidae. The European black-tailed godwit (Limos…

Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the family Tetraonidae, and subfamily Tetraoninae, inhabiting Europe, Asia, and N…

Any bird of the family Bucerotidae, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical pa…

Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family Alcedinidae. Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving a…

Any one of numerous small birds belonging to Pipra, Manacus, and other genera of the family Pipridae. They are mostly natives of Centr…

Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus Perdix and several related genera of the family Perdicidae, of th…

Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family Procellaridae. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's chicke…

Any one of several species of small European singing birds of the subfamily Sylviinae, as the willow warbler, the chiff-chaff, and the…

Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to Anthus and allied genera, of the family Motacillidae. They strongly re…

Any one of numerous species of small clamatorial birds belonging to Pipra and allied genera, of the family Pipridae. The male is usual…

A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a…

Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds of the family Rallidae, especially those of the genus Rallus, and of closely allied ge…

Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of th…

Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip. Most shrikes ar…

Belonging to the Siluroidei, or Nematognathi, an order of fishes including numerous species, among which are the American catfishes an…

Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.