CHARADRIDZ. Sol 
The eggs are said to be “ oil-green, spotted irre- 
gularly with different shades of umber-brown, the 
spots crowded and confluent round the obtuse 
end.”* ; 
PreewitT, Vanellus cristatus. The Peewit, ‘‘ Lap- 
wing” or “Crested Plover,” as it is called, is at 
times very common throughout the county, making 
its appearance in autumn, winter and spring; in 
some parts, indeed, such as the Brendon and Ex- 
moor Hills, it remains to breed, but not in very 
great numbers. Flocks of Peewits spread over the 
cultivated lands in the Vale when driven from the 
hills by frost or snow: a very hard frost, however, 
drives them even from these parts to the sea-shore, 
or some unfrozen part, for food. In open weather 
they visit the ploughed fields and young wheat in 
search of food. Itis a very pretty sight to watch a 
flock of these birds, if one can stalk up near enough 
to have a good view of them, as their motions on the 
ground are very elegant, and they have a habit of 
constantly elevating their crests when running from 
place to place, which they do very quickly. 
The Peewit seems more to agree with the Golden 
than with the Grey Plover in its choice of a feeding- 
sround, seldom seeking the actual mud on the coast, 
unless driven from its more favourite haunts by hard 
frost. 
* Yarrell, vol. i1., p. 297. 
