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breast black. Neck white on the 

 sides. Upper and under tail coverts 

 chestnut buff. 



Distribution. — Europe, North Africa 

 and all Asia. A very common winter 

 visitant in the Yangtse Valley. They 

 breed in Mongolia. 



Notes. — The Lapwing has a peculiar 

 call, " pee-weet," from which the bird 

 is sometimes known as the Peewit. 

 It is constantly met with in large 

 numbers in the paddy fields and 

 marshes where it feeds upon the animal 

 life so common in such places. It 

 runs swiftly on the ground, stopping 

 abruptly to pick up its food. When 

 danger approaches, it is an adept at 

 " freezing," or standing motionless, its 

 mottled coloring often rendering it 

 invisible, although in plain view, until 

 the whole flock suddenly rises with a 

 call similar to the " mew " of a cat. 



GEEEN SANDPIPEE, (SNIPPET). 



HEL0DE0M]8lS OCHBOPUS (l). 

 [Tetanus ochropus (L)] . 



Description. — Length 9i inches. 

 Bill straight and grey, green at the 

 base. Legs brownish green. Iris 

 brown. 



Upper parts greenish brown, streaked 

 and speckled with white. Upper tail 

 coverts and tail white, the latter having 

 four black bars. Upper breast speckled 

 and streaked with brown. Eest of 

 lower parts white. Axillaries brown 

 barred white. 



Distribution. Europe, Africa, 

 Northern parts of America, and Asia. 

 It occurs in China generally. It is a 

 winter visitant in the Yangtse Valley, 

 nesting in Siberia and the far North. 



