The lapwing is a kind of plover, and is very swift of foot. From Wordnik.com. [The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton] Reference
Kibitz The flycatcher (also called lapwing, pewit, and other names) is an insectivorous bird with an irritating cry. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 2] Reference
A big kind of lapwing and snipe; but the snipe here were cunning, and got up wild and flew far, so I only got a small bag. From Wordnik.com. [From Edinburgh to India & Burmah] Reference
Thou green-crested lapwing, thy screaming forbear. From Wordnik.com. [English Songs and Ballads] Reference
January 24, 2008 at 1:49 am jakdor lapwing maggotty-py. From Wordnik.com. [1 more minit wit teh menu pls - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Southern lapwing (Vanellu chilensis), Brazil (Photograph by WWF). From Wordnik.com. [Uruguayan savanna] Reference
And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. From Wordnik.com. [Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences] Reference
And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. From Wordnik.com. [Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences] Reference
“And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.”. From Wordnik.com. [Match the Kinds - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
He knew that "a lapwing runs close by the ground," that choughs are "russet-pated.". From Wordnik.com. [English Literature for Boys and Girls] Reference
DEU 14: 18 And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » VIDEO: House Conservatives Reveal What God Thinks About Gay Marriage Amendment] Reference
= This habit of the lapwing gave the bird an evil reputation as a symbol of deceitfulness. From Wordnik.com. [Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois] Reference
I notice that Pennant mentions that the lapwing is decoyed into nets by the twirling of looking glass. From Wordnik.com. [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.] Reference
Nine of these restricted-range birds are found in this ecoregion of lowland west Java (including the extinct lapwing). From Wordnik.com. [Western Java rain forests] Reference
None ever goes that way from choice, for only the crying of the curlew is heard there, or the querulous wailing lapwing. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools] Reference
We didn't see a lot today - a couple of goosanders, some teal, a distant flock of lapwing, a few curlews and yellowhammers. From Wordnik.com. [Nature's comings and goings.] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner] Reference
These two EBAs contain a total of thirty-seven restricted-range birds, including the extinct Javanese lapwing (Vanellus macropterus). From Wordnik.com. [Western Java rain forests] Reference
The same circumstance is related of the lapwing, as. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes] Reference
Hor. This lapwing runs away with the shell on his head. From Wordnik.com. [Hamlet] Reference
It is as nervous about the site of its nest as a lapwing is. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Indian Hills] Reference
Up in the heather the lapwing flew about flapping her wings. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Two Countries] Reference
In "Much Ado about Nothing" we get a glimpse of the lapwing. From Wordnik.com. [The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton] Reference
That morn before my Grannie woke, just when the lapwing stirred. From Wordnik.com. [Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems] Reference
It was sometimes represented as a crane, at others as a lapwing. From Wordnik.com. [Scarabs The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc.] Reference
"I can creep along the earth like a mocking lapwing," she replied. From Wordnik.com. [The Buccaneer A Tale] Reference
I made him promise he'd never shoot a lapwing after that, and he didn't. From Wordnik.com. [Wuthering Heights] Reference
Beatrice like a lapwing runs close by the ground, to hear our conference. '. From Wordnik.com. [Tales from Shakespeare] Reference
This bird, we are told, is of the bittern kind, somewhat less than the lapwing. From Wordnik.com. [Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time] Reference
The "moorish fool" is explained by the allusion to the lapwing, two lines above. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3)] Reference
Low and plaintive come the notes of a lapwing; the same notes, but tender with love. From Wordnik.com. [The Open Air] Reference
The lapwing tripped with short steps among the hillocks, and nodded its head discreetly. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Two Countries] Reference
Now she sat down on her rough wooden seat, and said, while she proceeded to pluck a lapwing. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference
"Wait a minute -- only a minute," she said, and tripped off with the swift glide of a lapwing. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time] Reference
An ostrich, he said, was nothing to it; I might as well ask him how it compared with a lapwing. From Wordnik.com. [Afoot in England] Reference
About three weeks ago I posted pics of three lapwing chicks about two days after they hatched in the garden of a nearby home for the aged. From Wordnik.com. [News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)] Reference
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