Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1911 — The Green Plover. [ARTICLE]

The Green Plover.

Every “man on the land” knows the lapwing, or green plover, though he may not know that this bird is one of the very best friends of the farmer and literally worth its weight in gold several times. It takes its proper name, lapwing, from the regular, slow flapping of the long, rounded wings. Because of its peculiar cry it is popularly known in England as the peewit and in Scotland as pees weep. \ The Hermans call it kiebitz. The French say that it can count “eighteen” (eighteen in French is dixbuit, which-is pronounced deexeweet). The peewit is found tn every country in Europe and Asia. In Great Britain it was once very common, being chiefly found in marshes, moors and meadows.\but its numbers are gradually decreasing because its eggs are collected and sold as “plovers’ eggs,” for which there Is a large demand during the proper season.—Smallholder.