JAPWING 
APWINGS cannot possibly be mistaken for 
any other birds. The crests upon their heads, 
their black and white plumage, their slow, flapping flight, 
and above all, their mournful cry of “ pee-wit,” so often 
uttered—these are quite distinctive. Even from a distance 
they can be recognised without the slightest difficulty. 
They are birds of the marsh, as a rule, and seldom travel 
very far away from water, though they may sometimes be 
seen on high and open moors. But they are much given 
to wandering, and there are very few districts in which they 
remain all the year round. As a rule they are seen in flocks, 
the members of which rise and fall and wheel and settle 
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