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IN BIRD-LAND 



actual place where the young are hiding, the dis- 

 tracted parents will sometimes settle not far off 

 and feign lameness or a broken wing. 



When they leave their nest containing eggs, 

 their actions are very different ; instead of flying 

 round an intruder, they run several yards along 



YOUNG LAPWING. 



the ground, then quietly rise and fly away. I once 

 watched a pair which evidently had young ones in 

 hiding among the patches of grass, and the male 

 tried many tricks to deceive us. Thus, when we 

 retired some distance to watch his movements, he 

 sat on a dummy nest, in full view so as to lead us 



