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THE LAPWING. 
AVas heard, wliilo murderous men riislicd furious on, 
Profaned the sacred presence of the dead, 
And filled the grave with blood. At last, nor friend, 
Nor nither, brother, comrade, dares to join 
The train that frequent winds adown the heights : 
33y feeble female hands the bier is borne, 
While on some neighbouring cairn the aged sire 
Stands bent, his grey locks waving in the blast. 
Ijut who is she that lingers by the sod 
When all are gone ? 'Tis one who was beloved 
Tjj him who lies below : Ill-omened bird ! 
She never will forget — never forget — 
Thy dismal soughing wing, and doleful cry. 
LAPWIXG. 
The Crested Lapwing, Peewit, Peesweep, Tuchit, or 
Green Plover. — The Tringa Vanellas of Linnaeus, Vanellus 
Cristatus of Macgillivray, is the only representative we 
have of the genus Vanellas^ or Lapwings, w^hich are birds 
similar in most respects to the Plovers ; the chief points of 
difference being the possession of a small hind toe, and 
somewhat longer h^gs, with wings broader and more 
rounded towards the end. The species above-named is an 
extremely elegant and lively bird, with plumage of black 
and glossy green on the upper pai ts of the head and body, 
aj?d white beneath; it has a long silky crest projecting from 
