| 单词 | lapwing |
| 例句 | At school I'd done this drawing of a lapwing that my mum thought was the best thing I ever did. Cornelia Parker: 'I've always been happy to sleep with the enemy' 2013-05-18T09:00:02Z If Harrison has another go at a nature novel, and I hope she will, my advice would be to make sure the people in it are as fully described as the lapwings. Clay by Melissa Harrison – review 2013-01-25T22:55:01Z It has 20% of the UK's hen harriers, 11% of its breeding seabirds and vital populations of curlew, lapwing, and oystercatcher. Call for extra £8m to eradicate stoats from Orkney 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z A major part of the scheme has been to "re-naturalise" the River Sherford, creating a wetland which now hosts lapwing, golden plover and common snipe. Wild Woodbury: Red List bird species return after rewilding 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Other species that will be supported through the two-year programme include the large marsh grasshopper, lapwings and the grey long-eared bat. England's rarest species to get £14.5m funding boost 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z The grey-headed lapwing, which normally spends winters in India before moving to breeding grounds in China and Japan, was first spotted in Low Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, on Monday. Grey-headed lapwing spotted in Northumberland 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z The issue is complicated by the structure's limited opening season as during winter months roosting grey herons, golden plovers and lapwings lay claim to the site's mudflats. A symbol of the past fighting for its future 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z It has the highest breeding densities of northern lapwing and redshank in the world. The race to save Polesia, Europe's secret Amazon 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z The farmers who set it up claim that grazing animals not only contributes to welfare and produces a healthier meat, but can also help wildlife such as lapwings. Life after Veganuary: the ethical guide to eating meat, eggs and dairy 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z The "headache" - as Mr Anning puts it - is what to do with species such as the lapwing - who prefer freshwater habitats. What is climate change doing to Wales? 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z The landscaping project is intended to attract birds including marsh harriers, bitterns, common cranes, lapwings and redshanks. Expanded nature reserve 'could protect homes' 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Amongst the first class are capercailzie, … wild duck, and bittern; and amongst the shy ones with camouflaged eggs are lapwing, … ring plover, and golden plover. From the archive 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z Today, “birds” alone lists woodpeckers, crossbills, jackdaws, crows, robins, thrushes, blue tits and great tits, goldfinches, bullfinches, ospreys, lapwings, oystercatchers, kestrels, a pheasant and several varieties of owl. From sharks to chimps to moon bears: tales of a supervet 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z In Finland, for example, the Northern lapwing and Eurasian curlew have usually built their ground nests on barley fields after farmers have sown their crops in the spring. 5 Plants and Animals Utterly Confused by Climate Change 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Numerous vulnerable and endangered species are threatened by the construction of the dam, including the Euphrates softshell turtle, the red‐wattled lapwing, and many other rare birds, bats and mammals. Turkey's 12,000-year-old Hasankeyf citadel faces obliteration 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Find out why it’s a “deceit” of lapwings. Readers’ books of the year 2016 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z Species that migrate huge distances - such as the swallow and pied flycatcher - and those with shorter migrations - such as the lapwing and pied wagtail - were included in the research. Birds migrating earlier as temperatures rise - BBC News 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z The research included species that travel huge distances, such as the swallow and pied flycatcher, as well as those with shorter migrations, such as the lapwing and pied wagtail. Climate change driving birds to migrate early, research reveals 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z They say that by keeping fox numbers down, other species of birds such as lapwings, curlews and golden plovers are allowed to flourish. Growing call for grouse shooting ban as season opens - BBC News 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z "Iconic species to Wales such as the curlew and lapwing could be lost within a generation," he said. Rare animals and plants paired with Welsh politicians - BBC News 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Related: UK criticised for failure to defend European nature protection laws UK wading birds added to the “near threatened” category include the knot, curlew, sandpiper, bar-tailed godwit, oystercatcher and lapwing. Puffins and turtle doves at risk of being wiped out, say experts 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z As for Levy, he’s fond of the sociable lapwing, one of BirdLife’s core Preventing Extinction species. Nextinction: Ralph Steadman Goes Gonzo for Endangered Birds 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z These included the linnet, the yellowhammer, starling and lapwing. Farmland bird count comes to an end 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Bass, koi and mosquito fish swim here, while bright dragonflies and zebra lapwing butterflies flit overhead. Miami, the great world city, is drowning while the powers that be look away 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Cameras will be carefully positioned in and around the nests of avocets, terns, oystercatchers and lapwings, allowing constant, real-time updates as they keep watch for predators and strive to raise their young. Springwatch migrates to new location 2014-05-07T05:19:40Z In the report, Mr Housden said many landowners and their employees acted responsibly and helped in efforts to conserve species such as lapwing, corncrakes and capercaillie. Bird poisoning toll 'depressing' 2012-11-29T00:55:33Z Leaving Mushara as Questions Abound Saturday, July 28 As the waxing moon illuminated the clearing and the crowned lapwings squawked at a passing jackal, I felt anxiety about leaving Mushara. Scientist at Work Blog: Leaving Mushara as Questions Abound 2012-08-01T16:07:21Z It began to counterfeit different birds; those which it imitated the most naturally, at least to a stranger, were the jay, the raven, the cardinal, and the lapwing. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Then, in a twinkling, she was round the house like a lapwing and tapping at the door. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z For instance, there is a spurwinged lapwing that dances, what Spanish-Americans call a serious dance, such a dance as a quadrille. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Cranes bred successfully but birds like snipe, redshank, gargony and lapwing had their "worst year ever". Can UK wildlife cope with drought? 2012-02-27T01:23:45Z And almost ere the agitated words had left her lips Margaret was flying towards the hermitage as noiselessly as a lapwing. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z The lapwing sets off to Ethiopia, and tells the Queen that Solomon wishes to see her. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z Ringed plovers can sometimes be seen running on the wet surface of the sands at the tide's edge, flocks of lapwings too. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z A maidservant saw us, came running out, and went running back, like the frightened lapwing from the wounded cat. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z The lapwing nesting season is towards the end of March, and observers will be assessing their success rate towards the end of April. Can UK wildlife cope with drought? 2012-02-27T01:23:45Z Again the woods rang with a fairly good imitation of the peewit’s—or European lapwing’s—whistling note. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z This is a very clever trick, and has deceived many, but Archie used to shake his yellow hair and laugh at the lapwing. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z Far below you can see the flashing wings of kestrels and hear the lapwing's desolate cry. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z The lapwings wheeled and cried as ever between the low clouds and the earth, and some ran beautifully among the furrows, too graceful and glistening for the rough field. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z The most striking instance I have met with, bearing on this last point, relates to the action of a spur-winged lapwing observed on the Pampas. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Like the lapwing in autumn, I have been making short flights here, there, and everywhere within a day’s march previous to the start on my “journey due north.” The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z The lapwings have a trick in spring-time of pretending they have a broken wing when you go near the nest. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z I saw her at Paris ride like a lapwing, in the midst of all the aide-de-camps and suite of the Duke of Wellington. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 2011-10-07T02:00:22.270Z Then I heard the lapwings in the meadow crying, crying. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z In vain the lapwing waited, and at last began to make little jumps at the face. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z And here he pointed at a flock of lapwings, hovering over a field on which cattle were grazing. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z Then she stole out of the porch, crept with bent form to the gate, and darted in a contrary direction with the speed of a lapwing. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z He peered again, and he watched mine eyes, Then turning, he whistled the lapwing's note. The Dales of Arcady 2011-08-16T02:00:42.740Z All the lapwings cried, cried the same tale, "Bitter, bitter, the struggle—for nothing, nothing, nothing,"—and all the time they swung about on their broad wings, revelling. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z If a lapwing gets up and screams in the darkness the cleverer of them know how to interpret the sound, as also a hare rushing wildly past. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z Peewits or lapwings not only pack in the winter, but may almost be said to pass the nesting time together. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The eggs of the peewit, or lapwing, as the bird is variously called, are sought for with great perseverance, and accounted delicacies. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z To-day there is no one as happy as I, Who am free of the hills, of the dales, of the sky, As I ride o'er the moors while the lapwings cry. The Dales of Arcady 2011-08-16T02:00:42.740Z There is a cry in answer to the peewits, echoing louder and stronger the lamentation of the lapwings, a wail which hushes the birds. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z The porcupine rebundles himself on the elephant path, and I return to my sleeping bag to pass the night between lion roars and lapwing squawks. Scientist at Work: Ritualized Bonding in Male Elephants 2011-07-21T20:12:56Z In others it seems quite a rare thing to see a lapwing. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Hudhud: fabulous bird of Solomon, according to Eastern legend: the lapwing, a well-known bird in Asia. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z As the lapwing, having guided Solomon through the desert, best knew what a king should be, he was asked whom they should choose. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Just as I passed from the woods into the grounds, I saw that ubiquitous Lottie steal out from among the trees, and flit like a lapwing toward the house. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z The site is home to birds including lapwings, sand martins and kingfishers as well as more vulnerable species such as whimbrels and skylarks. Wetlands reserve opens to public 2011-04-24T09:59:59Z Flying along the grass as softly as a lapwing, he reached the old gate. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z A light was in the library, and passing over the soft grass with the soft flight of a lapwing, Danny peered in at the curtainless window. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z Above these sounds rose the intermingled cries of eagles, hawks, crows, and lapwings, which appeared to be circling in flights round the mountain tops. Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:00:56.713Z Around his farm, or in his field, The moor birds hatch’d and fed; And when at work, the lapwing cried, And flutter’d o’er his head. Awd Isaac, The Steeple Chase, and other Poems With a glossary of the Yorkshire Dialect 2011-02-16T03:00:41.223Z Filled with indignation at what had taken place, he sent a summons to the lapwing, his favorite bird, commanding him to call together all the cranes upon the face of the earth. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The 'wanton lapwing' would not get himself another crest, and the poet would have to furnish himself with another example. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z In the spring, as even our poets have told us, the wanton lapwing gets himself another crest. Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z The whaup, and plover, and lapwing piped, and whistled, and fluttered around me. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 The actors, poor lapwings, are but pen-feathered; and once out, out for ever. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 A whole flight of lapwings rose, screaming "peewit", from a field where they were feeding in company with a flock of seagulls, following the plough that a labourer was driving through the rich red earth. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story It was a common notion that the young lapwings ran out of the shell with part of it sticking on their heads, in such haste were they to be hatched. Folk-lore of Shakespeare Low and plaintive comes the notes of a lapwing; the same notes, but tender with love. The Hills and the Vale "On swinging tussock the lapwing leaps, Lark's note above plover's swelling, As the crook-backed cotter in silence creeps From his lonely moorland dwelling." The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories At dinner, he pecks at, rather than eats, ruffs and reeves, lapwings, or anie smalle birds it may chance; but affects sweets and subtilties, and loves a cup of wine or ale, stirred with rosemary. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. Again Ralph laughed, "Ah, lapwing, struggle away, I have you safe." Mabel's Mistake The lapwing, like the partridge, is also said to draw pursuers from her nest by fluttering along the ground in an opposite direction or by crying in other places. Folk-lore of Shakespeare There, too, the lapwings leave their eggs on the ground among the rushes, and rise, and complainingly call. The Hills and the Vale Now the anemones in among the trees had also heard the lapwing's cry, but refused on any account to appear above the earth: "You mustn't believe the lapwing," they whispered to one another. The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories Moreover, the lapwing was doomed forever and ever to fly from tussock to tussock, uttering over and over again the plaintive cry of “Tyvit! tyvit!” Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales The call of the curlew seemed more mournful, the crying of lapwing rose from the meadow land, and she started at a hollow hoot as an owl swept by on muffled wing. Thurston of Orchard Valley This bird was as proverbially used for a proud, vain fool as the lapwing for a silly one. Folk-lore of Shakespeare The bird, so lately playing the cripple, cried and circled around the heads of the boys as they peered into the home of the lapwing. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas The car often frightened golden plover from their dust baths in the road, and crested lapwings flashed across the prairie like sudden storms of autumn leaves. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' "I can creep along the earth like a mocking lapwing," she replied. The Buccaneer A Tale Here the lapwings, flitting and crying above him, were like to have drawn the English soldiers to his retreat. The True Story Book Through thus alluring intruders from its nest, the lapwing became a symbol of insincerity; and hence originated the proverb, “The lapwing cries tongue from heart,” or, “The lapwing cries most, farthest from her nest.” Folk-lore of Shakespeare But, as might have been expected, the parent lapwing never went near that nest again. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas Moreover, like the lapwings, they had a trusting simplicity, a way of throwing themselves on one's mercy, which was infinitely appealing. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Kearton somewhere relates how he once induced a blackbird to sit on the eggs of a thrush, and a lapwing on those of a redshank. Birds in the Calendar The bird’s captured by net were dunlins, knots, ruffs, reeves, red-shanks, lapwings, golden plovers, curlews, godwits, etc. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter “The lapwing bird each spot can guard Upon the face of the verdant field, Except alone the knoll whereon Its nest the bird is wont to build.” Marsk Stig a ballad Did you catch the lapwing, you silly boy? The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas We often hunted for the eggs of both the sheldrakes and lapwings. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' "Wait a minute—only a minute," she said, and tripped off with the swift glide of a lapwing. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time I notice that Pennant mentions that the lapwing is decoyed into nets by the twirling of looking glass. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. And here is a moorcock's; and this—I should know it among a thousand—it's a lapwing's. Emily Brontë It was sometimes represented as a crane, at others as a lapwing. Scarabs The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc. She taught him to knit, and to make nets; directed him how to find the best peats, and showed him where the rabbits burrowed and the larks and lapwings made their nests. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Pretending to follow him in ignorance of his manifest design, she tripped back on tiptoe, and fled away like a lapwing over the noiseless grass. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time The lapwing was at one time a hand-maiden of the Virgin Mary, and stole her mistress’s scissors, for which she was transformed into a bird, and condemned to wear a forked tail resembling scissors. Peeps at Many Lands: Norway I made him promise he'd never shoot a lapwing after that, and he didn't. Emily Brontë The only kind of plover in the Forest is the green plover or lapwing, which were very numerous at one time in the p. 205wet greens. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account The earth-worm, who is very sensitive of danger, comes up in alarm from his quaking habitation, and is instantly pounced upon by the attentive lapwing. Mamma's Stories about Birds With the fleetness of a lapwing, she flew along the path through the Wilderness, and reached the cliff as the first flush of sunset was beginning to crimson the western sky. Chatterbox, 1906 Moreover, the lapwing was doomed for ever and ever to fly from tussock to tussock, uttering the plaintive cry of ‘Tyvit! tyvit!’ Peeps at Many Lands: Norway It is as nervous about the site of its nest as a lapwing is. Birds of the Indian Hills Equally characteristic of his defects are the shooting touches in which the "unwearyd fowler" is introduced, with the "leaden death" of the "clam'rous lapwings," and the "mounting larks." Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler "The blackbird far its hues shall know, As lapwing knows the vine." Notes and Queries, Number 197, August 6, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The little girls now began to utter shriek upon shriek, which brought Serena with the speed of a lapwing to our side. Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island It was so still and the air so sweet that I felt perfectly happy with never a thing to fire at but an occasional dove, or curiously coloured lapwing. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah She stopped, and they hung hesitating, with the lapwings crying about them, and no other sound in the air. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure For there in the distance, coming down with the wind in scattered flight and as if labouring heavily to keep themselves up, appeared a flock of lapwings pretty well a hundred strong. Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp In the first line the allusion is to the berries of the hawthorn; but what the lapwing has to do with the vine, I am at a loss to know. Notes and Queries, Number 197, August 6, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. This sometimes occurred so suddenly that we had to run like lapwings, from the great chestnut down to the tents, in order to scramble into bed before it was quite dark. Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island "The lapwing cries most furthest from her nest." The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) Darsie turned and fled like a lapwing along the path leading past the tennis-lawn and rose and vegetable gardens, to the shaded fern grotto which formed one of the boundaries of the grounds. A College Girl He swayed and staggered, clutched at the wall, and felt Mademoiselle’s arms nip him from behind, as the door flew open, and Bridgie sped like a lapwing along the gallery. Pixie O'Shaughnessy This habit of the lapwing gave the bird an evil reputation as a symbol of deceitfulness. Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois Look at Otty with all the guns running like a hare, and all the little girls flying like lapwings. Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island The "moorish fool" is explained by the allusion to the lapwing, two lines above. The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) It was an age when the sick were plied with such delicate restoratives as ‘mummy and the flesh of hedge-hogs,’ and tables loaded with such dainties as cranes, lapwings, sea-gulls, bitterns and curlews. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 She had such a mortal terror where cows were concerned that she would run like a lapwing when she heard one come lowing up the lane behind the house. A Houseful of Girls Though 'tis my familiar sin With maids to seem the lapwing and to jest, Tongue far from heart. Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois The blood of doves, lapwings, and bats possesses peculiar virtues—attracting spirits to places where they may be required to appear, and exciting love passions. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales But beyond, and again beyond, shines the lapwing of heaven—not, as a faithless generation thinks, to delude like them, but to lead the seeker home to the nest of the glory. Alec Forbes of Howglen In the list of birds served up to table were many fowls which are now discarded as little better than rank carrion, such as cranes, lapwings, sea-gulls, bitterns, ruffs, kerlews, etc. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 Another time it was the season of the lapwings. Nature Near London For a sarcastic hit at a different trick of the lapwing, cf. Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois If one swallow the heart of a lapwing, mole, or weasel, taken from the animal when alive, it will improve his understanding, and enable him to prophesy. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales It 's in spring, the poet tells us, That we turn to thoughts of love, And our hearts go out a-wooing With the lapwing and the dove. The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar The lapwing is thought to be increasing in numbers; the writer frequently observed considerable flocks during his recent rambles in the county. Hertfordshire The fields and open plains swarm with larks, pipits, finch-larks, lapwings, plovers, quail, buntings, mynas, crows, harriers, buzzards, kestrels, and a score of other birds. A Bird Calendar for Northern India If you happen to approach the nest of the lapwing, for instance, the old birds try every means to attract your attention, and lure you away from the sacred spot. Stories about the Instinct of Animals, Their Characters, and Habits But she saw him oftener than her day out and would many a time run like a lapwing the mile to his cottage, so as he should have a glimpse of her. The Torch and Other Tales Of acquired knowledge; of foxes, rooks, fieldfares, lapwings, dogs, cats, horses, crows, and pelicans. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life These were as big as lapwings; of a grey colour, black about their eyes, with red sharp bills, long wings, their tails long and forked like swallows; and they flew flapping their wings like lapwings. A Voyage to New Holland These birds, like lapwings, lay their eggs on the ground. A Bird Calendar for Northern India We may read, This lapwing ran away—That is, this fellow was full of unimportant bustle from his birth. Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies He listened to the songs of larks, the cries of curlews and lapwings and all the other moorland birds, and became as familiar with each of them as they were with one another. The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner Already he had determined that he would mount the hawk in the attitude of swooping down upon a lapwing. The Pilots of Pomona Why, she had cheeks like yours, and she would run—no lapwing could fly faster over corn. Bebee A flock of lapwings were on the clods in an adjacent field, near enough to be seen, but far beyond gunshot. The Amateur Poacher The curlew is saying good-night to the lapwing on the hill. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 A low call came from a brooding curlew, a faint sigh from a plover, and the wild rasping cry of a lapwing greeted them overhead. The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner The lapwing escaped unhurt, and flew screaming into the air, but Selta held to the hawk till we ran up and helped her. The Pilots of Pomona Somewhere, far away to the left, lapwings uttered their plaintive notes. The Bishop and Other Stories Allowed to visit the Continent at an early age, "these lapwings, that go from under the wing of their dam with the shell on their heads, run wild." English Travellers of the Renaissance Then Ailsa disappeared and like a lapwing ran across the moorland. The Thirsty Sword He was supposed to assume the shapes not only of man, but of rams and bulls, or even of water-birds, such as lapwings, herons, and cranes. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History The lapwing ran with wondrous speed, and before Selta had time to snap at it a hawk had nipped in before the dog's nose in the attempt to rob her of her prey. The Pilots of Pomona Two birds were subject to Solomon—a lapwing, the hudbud, who could speak all languages; and an eagle, the simourganka, who covered with the shadow of his wings a caravan of twenty thousand men. The Man Who Laughs The fields and marshes were alive with ducks, geese, cranes, and lapwings, and we had a glorious day of sport over decoys and on the water before we went on to Ta-li Fu. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China And they had arranged that the one who found a likely place should give signal to the other by means of the lapwing's cry. The Thirsty Sword The unresting mind Like a lapwing nears and leaves it and returns. Poems New and Old The spurred lapwings, big, tame, boldly marked plover, were everywhere; they were very noisy and active and both inquisitive and daring, and they have a very curious dance custom. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Green plover, or lapwings, are numerous enough on the Cotswolds. A Cotswold Village So she fled down-stairs, and was out of the house like a lapwing, just as Tom Ryfe's warlike colloquy with the painter came to a close. M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." Between Loch Dhu and Kilmory, as he crossed towards the marshes, a flock of lapwings rose in alarm, and Kenric knew by their cries that some other than himself was near. The Thirsty Sword I made him promise he’d never shoot a lapwing after that, and he didn’t. Wuthering Heights Spurred plover, or lapwings, strolled familiarly among the hens. Through the Brazilian Wilderness The other evening a large flock of lapwings, or common plover, gave a very fine display--a sort of serpentine dance to the tune of the setting sun, all for my edification. A Cotswold Village Now begin; for look where Beatrice like a lapwing runs close by the ground, to hear our conference.' Tales from Shakespeare The cuckoo came, and the lapwing, and so did all the other birds, too numerous to mention. Good Stories for Holidays Put the wine-flasks into thy basket," said Joceline, "the knight must not lack his evening draught—and down with thee to the hut like a lapwing. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier In addition to the spurred lapwing, characteristic and most interesting resident of most of South America, we found tiny red- legged plover which also breed and are at home in the tropics. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Zbyszko followed her example; and for a long time they remained quiet, seeing nothing in front of them, on account of the fog; hearing nothing but the mournful puling of lapwings. The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy He followed, as a boy follows a lapwing; but she, like the lapwing, gradually increased the distance between them, till he gave up the pursuit with some disappointment, and returned to his brother and sister. Adela Cathcart, Volume 3 This bird, we are told, is of the bittern kind, somewhat less than the lapwing. Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time The lapwing tripped with short steps among the hillocks, and nodded its head discreetly. Tales of Two Countries The spurred lapwings were as noisy as they always are. Through the Brazilian Wilderness The same circumstance is related of the lapwing, as a fact to which he was witness, by Paul Lucas, "Voyage fait en 1714." The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes The blackbird's nest of grass and mud On bush and bank is found; The lapwing's darkly-spotted eggs Are laid upon the ground. Twilight and Dawn Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation But when he standeth on his somewhat long legs, and thou seest that his under parts be white, why, even a Frenchman would know he was no pigeon, but must be the peewit or lapwing. A Boy's Ride Up in the heather the lapwing flew about flapping her wings. Tales of Two Countries The lapwing display, called by the natives its "dance," or "serious dance"—by which they mean square dance—requires three birds for its performance, and is, so far as I know, unique in this respect. The Naturalist in La Plata In "Much Ado about Nothing" we get a glimpse of the lapwing:— "For look where Beatrice, like a lapwing, runs Close by the ground, to hear our conference." The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton None ever goes that way from choice, for only the crying of the curlew is heard there, or the querulous wailing lapwing. Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools Only lapwings and plover live here, and there are no buildings except windmills and a few stone huts, where we shepherds crawl in. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils The lapwings were gathering in silence, and holding flying drills in preparation for their journey; wad all the strand birds were assembling, in order to take flight together. Tales of Two Countries Briefly and roughly to describe it: in size it is like a swan, in shape like a lapwing, only with a powerful curved gallinaceous beak. The Naturalist in La Plata The lapwing is a kind of plover, and is very swift of foot. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton I should not be surprised to see him some day put out the head of a river horse; or come forth a pewitt, or lapwing, some feathered metamorphosis. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia Those of land birds that are eaten, as the plover, lapwing, ruff, &c., are in general much esteemed; but those of sea-fowl have, more or less, a strong fishy taste. The Book of Household Management From their hereditary home the lapwings cannot be entirely driven away. The Open Air A stranger performance is that of the spur-winged lapwing of the same region—a species resembling the lapwing of Europe, but a third larger, brighter coloured, and armed with spurs. The Naturalist in La Plata Of five lapwings marked in Aberdeenshire, four were shot in Ireland the same year, and one in Portugal, 1250 miles away. Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns We should not be surprised to see him some day put out the head of a river horse; or come forth a pewit, or lapwing, some feathered metamorphosis. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia They roost on the ground in a circle, heads outwards, much in the same position as the eggs of a lapwing. The Life of the Fields Low and plaintive come the notes of a lapwing; the same notes, but tender with love. The Open Air In appearance and taste they were precisely like our lapwings' eggs, only larger, the Argentine lapwing being a bigger bird than its European cousin. Far Away and Long Ago Nothing stained the sky above them; a snowy cloud or two drifted up there,—a flight of lapwings now and then—a lone curlew. In Secret Star was beautifully trained, and took the low hurdles like a lapwing, though it must be confessed that Polly felt as though her head had snapped off short the first time he rose and landed. Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home He knew that "a lapwing runs close by the ground," that choughs are "russet-pated." English Literature for Boys and Girls Within twenty yards—just outside the copse—there are a number of lapwings, dispersed about the furrows. The Open Air An ostrich, he said, was nothing to it; I might as well ask him how it compared with a lapwing. Afoot in England As they sauntered on along the edge of Isla Water the lapwings rose into flight ahead. In Secret Last time he wrote it was on Craig-Ellachie paper: this time, like the wanton lapwing, he had got himself another crest. An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay The lapwing has well merited the name of a "good mother" which the Greeks gave to it, for it never fails to protect other aquatic birds from the attacks of their enemies. Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution So long as there is a crop, the lapwings keep away, but as soon as the ploughs turn up the ground in autumn they return. The Open Air Did not the very lapwing, as she tumbled, softly wailing, before him, as she did years ago, seem to welcome the wanderer home in the name of heaven? Plays and Puritans But if the people be otherwise taught, it concerns them to look about them, and to distinguish between the shrieking of the lapwing and the voice of the turtle. The Commonwealth of Oceana Thou stock-dove whose echo resounds through the glen, Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den, Thou green-crested lapwing, thy screaming forbear; I charge you disturb not my slumbering fair. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 The ostrich also adopts the lapwing fashion, but no quadrupeds do: they show fight to defend their young instead. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 She sprang from the carriage with one bound, and, holding up her dress with one hand, ran into the house like a lapwing. Put Yourself in His Place His beard on his back the lapwing wears. Romantic Ballads, Translated from the Danish; and Miscellaneous Pieces The false lapwing: full of stratagems and pretences to divert approaching danger from the nest where her young ones are. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems I ponder 'mid the falling of the dew, And watch the lapwings circling o'er the downs. The Slowcoach She dashed from the hut like a lapwing, and perhaps for the moment actually entertained the purpose which she expressed, of parting with her son for ever. Chronicles of the Canongate Now begin; For look where Beatrice like a lapwing runs Close by the ground, to hear our conference. Much Ado about Nothing Patty sped down the long lane, crept under the bars, and flew like a lapwing over the high-road. Story of Waitstill Baxter For look where Beatrice, like a lapwing, runs Close by the ground to hear our conference. Much Ado about Nothing Now begin; For look where Beatrice, like a lapwing, runs Close by the ground, to hear our conference. Much Ado about Nothing Ah! but I think him better than I say, And yet would herein others' eyes were worse: Far from her nest the lapwing cries, away; My heart prays for him, though my tongue do curse. The Comedy of Errors Soon after the lapwings have done breeding they congregate, and, leaving the moors and marshes, betake themselves to downs and sheep-walks. The Natural History of Selborne And almost ere the agitated words had left her lips, Margaret was flying towards the hermitage as noiselessly as a lapwing. The Cloister and the Hearth Ah, when, on bright autumnal eves, Pursuing still thy course, shall I Lisp the soft shudder of the leaves, And hear the lapwing's plaintive cry? The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Which soon perceive the little larks, The lapwing and the snipe, And tune their songs, like Nature's clerks, O'er meadow, muir, and stripe. Bulchevy's Book of English Verse This—I should know it among a thousand—it’s a lapwing’s. Hearts of Controversy |
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