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provide food or a relish for an invalid, the 
destruction might perhaps be tolerated. 
Any one who has lived or spent any time 
in the country, near low-lying land, must be 
XLIV: A LAPWING, OR PEEWIT, MALE (4-size), PERCHED 
UPON THE GROUND. 
familiar with these birds, whose lazy flight 
with lapping wings, (several in a_ flock), 
apparently without aim, but really directed 
to fresh feeding ground, cannot be mistaken 
when once seen. This apparent apathy 
