THE LAPWING 
V ANELLUS CRISTATUS 
Locat names in surrounding counties : “‘ Green Plover,” 
** Horned Pie,” ‘‘ Black Plover ”’ (Essex). 
Sratus 1N British Avirauna: A widely and generally 
distributed resident, commonest in Scotland and Ireland, 
wandering much in autumn and winter, its numbers 
increased at the former season by migrants from the 
Continent. 
Raprat DistRiBUTION WITHIN FIFTEEN MILES OF ST. 
Pauw’s : It is recorded that the Lapwing formerly bred in 
Richmond Park, but it is very seldom seen there nowa- 
days, and does not nest anywhere probably within our 
limits, unless in one or two scattered localities in the most 
outlying and rural situations. ‘The bird, however, is a 
fairly well-known winter visitor to the Metropolitan area, 
small flocks locally appearing on the various sewage- 
farms and agricultural lands. It is a tolerably regular 
visitor to the Wanstead and Epping areas, to various 
parts of North London, Mill Hill, Elstree, Stanmore, 
Pinner, Harrow, Wembley, and Hendon. I have also 
records from Southall, Hounslow, Osterley, Bushey, 
Wimbledon, Kingston, Merton, Banstead, Croydon, 
Epsom, the Crays, and Dartford. It would be very 
interesting to ascertain how close to London City the 
Lapwing actually breeds. Our ignorance on the point 
only shows how little we know concerning the rarer birds 
of the Metropolitan district, and how many interest- 
ing facts remain to be elucidated by the worker in this 
populous area. I can record this species breeding close to 
Uxbridge Common in the spring of 1905; and I have 
reason to believe that scattered pairs do so between 
that place and Northolt; whilst considerable numbers 
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