454 The Water-fowl Family 



able localities in April or May will be saluted 

 by the frantic dash and wailing peetweet of the 

 male, and perhaps see the female steal silently 

 away in another direction. When mating the 

 male goes through the peculiar actions known 

 as " tumbling " to win the attention of his loved 

 one. The nest is a slight hollow in the ground. 

 The flight is peculiar, as if the bird were jerked 

 through the air. When walking, the long crest 

 is usually held horizontal but sometimes carried 

 erect. In Hungary, the lapwing breeds in 

 grassy pastures bordering lakes, keeping up a 

 continual noise while one is in the neighborhood. 

 In the winter they feed in the fields in Egypt, 

 and allow one to approach closely without show- 

 ing signs of fear. 



The lapwing is also known as the green plover, 

 peaseweep, peewit, and tuckit from its note, and 

 the storm that often occurs about the time the 

 birds return from their winter quarters is known 

 in parts of England as the tuckit storm. It is 

 included in the American Check-List on account 

 of its occasional occurrence in Greenland. It 

 has also been taken on Long Island. 



DOTTEREL 

 (Endromias morinellus) 



Male in breeding plumage Upper parts, ashy brown, feathers 

 streaked and edged with sandy buff; rump and upper tail- 

 coverts, ashy brown, edged with lighter ; primaries and second- 



