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parts of our country, and in the adjacent isles. Its habits 

 and manners greatly resemble those of the common Curlew; 

 and in similar situations, and in as slight a nest, it deposits 

 its eggs, which are less than those of the Curlew, and of a 

 richer green. 



CHABADRIAim PLOVEKS. 



This family is less aquatic than most others of the Order. 

 The members of it live on sandy and unsheltered shores, or 

 on exposed commons and moors. They congregate in flocks, 

 run swiftly, and feed much on worms, to obtain which, some 

 of them resort to the device of patting the ground with their 

 feet, which causes the worms to rise. Some species feed like- 

 wise on grain, herbage, etc. The family includes several 

 species residing in our own and other countries. 



THE COMMON LAPWING. Vanellus cristatus. There are 

 few more beautiful British birds, or which add so peculiar 

 a charm to the lonely waste or shore, as the Lapwing. The 

 note of grief and remonstrance with which it meets the in- 

 vader of its wilderness home, is one of the most expressive, 

 while its bold and venturesome defence of its young, as it 

 wheels round and round, and dashes by the intruder as if 



