to thesea-side, and numbers of them leave us altogether, and return in the spring. Large downs and sheep walks, heaths, pastures, and rather wet meadowland, are the favourite haunts of the birds. At the season when their familycares begin, the moors seem alive with them. THE LAPWING. 2iy If any… … THE LAPWING, OK. TEE-WIT. together and fly to the fields and pastures. They feed principally in thenight, and rest in the day-time. About sunset a beautiful sight is often witnessed in these spots. A cloudof birds, that have been resting all day, rise up in the air. In the flat country 214 STORIES…
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