Then I heard the wailing cry of a peewit, and caught sight of the bird at a distance, and soon afterwards a sound of another character-the harsh angry cry of a carrion crow, almost as deep as the raven's angry voice.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
Not long ago a peewit trotted leisurely across the road not more than ten yards from my front wheel; and on the same day I came upon a green woodpecker enjoying a dust-bath in the public road.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
Nearer home a peewit called, and Robert Carlton caught himself wondering whether there would be rain before morning.
"Peccavi"
E. W. Hornung