36 THE NATUR RAL HISTORY - 
: cry, and the whole flock is deceived — a lights in 
the nets. | | 3 
_ Lapwings are well covered with feathers and 
are they have a creft of five or fix delicate — 
narrow feathers, of a ‘beautiful black, the two 
uppermoft cover the others, and are much longer. 
The creft does not grow from the forehead, but 
from the back part of the head. 
Lapwings may be tamed ; they will eat beeves- 
heart chopped fmall; and they are often kept in 
gardens to deftroy the worms. 
~The Hebridal. Turnftone is another Tringa ; 
_ its forehead} throat and ftomach are white ; the 
| breaft is black, and the neck is furrounded by a 
black collar; the back is mixed with black; its 
legs are fhort and of a full orange or red colour, 
This bird is called the Turnftone, becaufe it. 
turns the ftones by the water- fide, to find the 
worms and the infe€ts which may be under them ; 
upon thefe the Turnftone feeds. | 
Catefby fays,; when he was at fea, 40 sii 
or 120 miles from Florida, a bird few on board 
the fhip, and was caught; he was very expert in 
turning ftones; he only ufed the upper part of his 
bill, and yet he very readily turned over ‘ftones 
which weighed three pounds. © | 
i , -¢ Turnftones 
