. The birds of our country. LAPWING. 291 known as the Peewit, a name which it has obtained from its singular waiHng and mournful note, which it utters on the wing and which, when heard at night, suggests something weird and uncanny. The birds collect in large flocks in the autumn and winter and are sometimes seen in company with Rooks and Starlings; they seem sociable birds and in the. breeding season several of them often breed in close proximity. At this season they become very wary and shy. If their breeding-place is approached the old bird will slip off^, and running some distance will the
. The birds of our country. LAPWING. 291 known as the Peewit, a name which it has obtained from its singular waiHng and mournful note, which it utters on the wing and which, when heard at night, suggests something weird and uncanny. The birds collect in large flocks in the autumn and winter and are sometimes seen in company with Rooks and Starlings; they seem sociable birds and in the. breeding season several of them often breed in close proximity. At this season they become very wary and shy. If their breeding-place is approached the old bird will slip off^, and running some distance will then rise into the air and commence circling overhead, ducking and tumbling, rising a few yards upwards and turning over sharply almost with a complete somerset, then darting down within a few yards of one, and all. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stewart, H. E. London, Digby, Long & Co.
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