THE LAPWING. 



Vanellus cristatus. 

 Tringa vanelhis. 



NOWN by the name of Peewit 

 in many parts of the country 

 (possibly from its cry), and 

 again as the Green Plover, or, 

 from its crest, as the Crested 

 Lapwing, this bird is known 

 undoubtedly to most people 

 from the fact that its eggs 

 are a favourite delicacy with 

 gourmets. 



The Lapwing itself is also 

 a very nice-eating bird ; and 

 from these two facts it is to 

 be imagined that the Plover 

 has what the Americans would 

 call " a bad time." 



They have, however, also 

 established a name that is not 

 unrivalled by the Partridge or 

 the Dove, in respect of the 

 devotion that they show to 

 their nest or young. When 

 disturbed upon the nest, the 

 parent bird runs a considerable 



