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was laid, when the bird commenced to sit." This bird 

 will take to the water on occasion, swimming buoyantly, 

 and Baron von Hiigel relates in the Zoologist of 1872, 

 how three young, not many days old, on being disturbed 

 by him near the reservoir at Stonyhurst, dashed l)oldly 

 in, screaming loudly, and swam about twelve yards from 

 the bank, where they were joined by the parent bird. 

 The Lapwing shows great attachment to its nest, defend- 

 ing it boldl}-, and being very reluctant to leave it, as the 

 following instance will show : — About half-past five in 

 the evening of ]\[ay 15th, 1879, Mr. T. Altham found a 

 nest with four eggs in, three of which were completely 

 covered with a dry cake of cow-dung, probably kicked 

 over it by accident by the cattle. The birds had 

 evidently been trj^ing to remove this, but had not been 

 able. The eggs were cold, but he took them home, put 

 them on the oven all night, and at six next morning took 

 them to the nest again. The old birds were about the 

 place, and the hen, on his leaving, went on at once, three 

 of the eggs the morning following being hatched and 

 the young gone : the remaining egg had been accident- 

 ally cracked. 



GENUS STREPSILAS. 



TUENSTONE. 



Strepsilas interpres (Linnffius). 



Young birds of this species are occasionally seen in 

 September and October, but in spring it occurs much 

 more commonly, and small flocks in full summer 

 plumage frequent the islands of Walney and Foulney, 

 the mouth of the Wyre, and the more rocky portions of 



