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the size of the bird, possessing the peculiar pointed shape of 
the eggs of the entire class of birds we are now among, and of 
a watm cream-colour, spotted and streaked with black. The 
parent birds try hard to lead the casual intruder away from the 
vicinity of their young.— fg. 3, plate VII. 
166. KENTISH PLOVER—(Charadrius Cantianus). 
Seldom obtained very far from the southern coasts of England, 
and not appearing to be a very plentiful bird even there. In 
habits, it strongly resembles the Ring Plover just named. The 
female makes no nest, but lays her four eggs in a slight hollow 
on sand or shingle, which strongly resemble some of the lighter- 
coloured examples of the eggs of the last-named species.—Lig. 4, 
plate VII. 
167. LITTLE RINGED PLOVER—(Charadrius minor). 
A very rare British Bird. 
168. GREY PLOVER—(Sqwatarola cinerea). 
A bird which has never been ascertained to breed in England, 
although specimens in the dark-breasted May plumage have been 
seen in the London Markets, and observed by Mr. Selby in the © 
Farne {slands, in June. It is not uncommon as a winter visitor, 
though even then nothing like so numerous as the Golden Plover 
in its winter visits to districts in which it does not breed. The 
eggs are said to be in colour “oil green, spotted with different 
shades of umber brown; the spots, crowded and confluent round 
the obtuse end.” : 
169. LAPWING—(Vanellus cristatus). 
Pewit or Peewit, Te-wit, Teu-fit, Green Plover, Bastard 
Plover, Green Lapwing, Crested Lapwing—Another of those 
birds which are familiar to almost everyone who is not a mere 
casual visitor to the country, or quite deaf and blind to its 
commonest sounds and sights. It is a very universally diffused 
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