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THE LAPWING. 



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NOWN by the name of Peewit 

 in many parts of the country 

 (possibly from its cry), and 

 again as the Gr een Plov er, or, 

 from its crest, as the Crested 

 Lapwing, this bird is known 

 undoubtedly to most people 

 horn the fact that its egg>: 

 are a favourite delicacy witfc 

 gourmets. 



The Lapwing itself is also 

 a very nice-eating- bird ; and 

 from these two facts it is to 

 be imagined that the Plover 

 has what the Americans would 

 oall « a bad time." 



They have, however, also 

 established a name that is not 

 rivalled by the Partridge or 



c the Dove, in respect of the 

 devotion that they show to 

 their nest or young. When 

 disturbed upon the nest, the 

 parent bird runs a considerable 



