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the numbers of this handsome and eminently useful 

 species, as well as its congeners, have sensibly diminished 

 of late years. The young run about as soon as hatched, 



LAPWINGS. 



and feed on small worms, snails, slugs and insects of all 

 kinds. They are very easy to rear by feeding them, as 

 nearly as possible, on the diet natural for them, when 

 they become extremely tame and make very interesting pets. 



The Norfolk Plover. See Thick-Knee. 



The Oyster-catcher, or Sea-pie. 



This is a black and white bird about i feet in length, 

 with orange-yellow bill and greenish-yellow legs and feet, 

 and weighing 16 or 17 ounces. It is of wandering rather 

 than migratory habits, collecting in small flocks during 



