Class II. LAPWING. 



453 



BILL ftraight, {lender, not an inch and half long. XXXr. 

 NOSTRILS imall. pVper* 



TONGUE flender. 



TOES divided ; generally the two outmoft con- 

 ne&ed at the bottom by a fmall membrane. 



Le Vanneau, Dixhuit, Pape- Rati fyn. a-v. no. 190. Lap- 



chieu. Belona-u. 209. Kiwik. Krai*. 353. Frifcb 9 wing. 



Zweiel. Gefmtr 0*0.76$. II. 213. 



Pavonzino. Aldr. a<v. III. Tringa vanellus. Lin. fyft. 

 202. 2+ 8. 



Pavoncella. Olina, 21. Wipa, Kowipa, BheduuFami. 



Lapwing, baftard Plover, or Suec. fp. 176 



Pewit. Wil. cm. 307. Danis Vibe, Kivit. Brunnicb, 



1 70. 



Vanellus, le Vanneau. Brif- 

 fimav. V. 94. tab. 8. fig. 1. Br. 'Zed. 122. ^/o//, No. 14 



npHIS elegant fpecies inhabits moil of the heaths 

 and marfhy grounds of this ifland. It lays 

 four eggs, making a flight nefl with a few bents. 

 The eggs have an olive call, and are fpotted with 

 black. It is worthy of notice, that among water 

 fowl, congenerous birds lay the fame number of 

 eggs; for example, all of this tribe, alfo of the plo- 



This genus, the Tringa of Linnaus, wanting an Englijh 

 name, we have given it that of the Sandpipers ; moil of 

 the fpecies being converiant about fhcres ; and their note 

 whittling or piping. 



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