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The food of tin- Lipwing con-isis almost wholly -f -i ill.-.. -|IIL'-. ""fins, and iiis,-<'ts. It 

 is ,-usily tamed, and is ofta ; ' ' rdeiiH for tin ptirjtose of riddin ' ' ' ' i >- <! -'' " 

 tive creatures. In tin- garden IH-M our own u Lapwing was kept, and li\.-d f< i some years, 

 tripping feath over the grass and tlinmimlily :ii limr. 



In its coloring tin- Lipwin^' i-> mth>r a haiulsoim* binl. Tli-- t.ip .f tin- ln-.il i-> l.l:n-k. u- 

 i^ ili.- |.iiu'-piint<-<l i-n-si. \\liidi i;in !> i-.iis.sl nr il'-pn-ss.^! at will. The aides of the fac*- iiiui 

 k an- whit.-. >|-<-kl.-.l \\ith Mark : tlu- rliin, thnuit, and Im-a-st ar> j.-tty-lihick, ami fnnii the 

 cliin ;i Mack >tif:ik run- mi'l>-i Tin- npin-r ];irt nf tin- Ixxly i >liining cpiery-gpeen, 



d.i/.--il witli pin-pi--, ami ill.- primary IVallicrs <>( \\i<- \vini: an- Mack, with soim- p-.iyi>li liit- 

 at llii-ir tip>. Tin- up|-r tail-c<i\.-rta are chestnut, and tin- tail is half \\hil.- and half Mack, 

 the xtrrior f.-ath.-r 'ii i-ai-h "id,. In-iaj; almost wholly white. Tin- nnd.-r |irt8 are whit.-, 

 chanjfing to fawn on tin- nndt-r tail -c.i\.-rts In \\inl.-r tin- chin and throat an- whit*-. Tin- 

 yearling Mnls an- nu.nl.'d itli lm!T on tin- lack. The toUU length of tin- liird rath.-r exceeds 

 on.- foot. 



The Lapwing Is now enimn-rat-d with North Aim-ricaii birds, on the strength of tin- fact 

 that i' is occasional 1\ -,-, -n ;is ;i straggler hen-. S-v.-r.il otln-r instances an known of similar 

 rharart-r. I'siLillv. in these cases of exceptional migration, there is seldom more than one 

 individual noticed. Occasionally, perhaps, a pair is observed. 



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THE two Plovers represented in the engraving are common throughout Europe. 



The GOLDEN PLOVBB, sometimes called the YJ.I.I.OW Pi "\ 1 1: from its prettily colored 

 pl i image, is very common in many parts of Europe, being found mostly in the more northern dis- 

 tricts, moving south wanl in the autumn. The spots which it selects for its breeding- places are 

 generally situated on open moors, where the vegetation is but scanty, and water is at hand. 



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