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uttered quicker and more frequently, as the bird 

 tumbles in the air in the most grotesque way, while 

 it endeavours to allure us away from the eggs. 

 Sometimes the note is 



and this is generally uttered when the birds are on 

 the ground and pairing. It is, perhaps, the most 

 efficient note to use as a call. 



In some places the Lapwing is known by the 

 name of Green Plover, and it is this bird which fur- 

 nishes us with the delicacy known as " plover's eggs." 



It is easily known at a distance by its black and 

 white appearance, rounded wings, and slow, laboured 

 flight. 



SANDERLING, Caliclris arenaria. This handsome 

 little bird maj^, with propriety, be considered as the 

 connecting link between the Plovers and Sandpipers. 

 Like the former it has no hind toe, and any one who 

 has examined a recently- killed specimen cannot fail 

 to have remarked the high Plover-shaped head which 

 this bird possesses, while its bill, in length and sub- 

 stance, appears intermediate between those of the 

 two above-mentioned genera. 



It is more maritime in its habits than many of its 

 congeners, frequenting the sands and mud-flats by 

 the sea, and seldom flying far inland. The plumage, 



