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Susp-Famity VANELLINZ (Lapwings) 
Are generally larger in size than plovers ; legs lengthened ; bill 
fairly strong ; most of the species, have a short hind toe ; tail gene- 
rally white with a dark band. 
(851) VANELLUS CRISTATUS, Crested Lapwing. Near the dis- 
trict, it is generally found in the Terai, not far from rivers and 
nullahs. This Lapwing is better known, as English Pee-wit. Its 
size is 12 inches ; bill black ; irides hazel-brown ; legs dull orange ; 
upper plumage, green with a bronze coloured gloss ; primaries are 
black, a few of which are tipped white ; tail white with a broad 
band; sides of the head, throat and breast are glossy bluish 
black ; lower parts of the breast, and beneath are white; chestnut 
on lower tail coverts. 
(852) CHETTUSIA GREGARIA, Black-sided Lapwing, or the Com- 
mon Peewit, belongs to a genus which has a stronger bill ; head not 
crested. It is rarer in these parts than in some districts in the 
plains. Occasionally two or three show themselves on the banks of 
thu Runjeet. It is migratory in habits, being chiefly a winter visit- 
ant here. They pass over early in spring, to breed in Thibet and 
Central Asia. They frequently find their way to Europe. Greaaria 
is 13 inches in size ; bill and legs black ; irides dark brown ; plum- 
age, above, is olive brown and grey; primaries black, secondaries 
white ; tail white with a black band at the tip; supercilium white ; 
head, above, black, white on the forehead ; narrow band from lores 
black ; sides of the head chestnut ; breast ash brown ; part of abdo- 
men deep black, the rest chestnut ; under tail-coverts white. The 
second group of this family have fleshy wattles and four toes. 
(855) LOBIVANELLUS GOENSIS, Led- wattled Lapwing, is fairly 
plentiful on the banks of Teesta river. “‘Did he do it?” is the 
questioning cry oft repeated, which sounds in your ears, when you 
spy this lapwing, as it runs away from you, when observed on the 
sandy churs ; or as it is seen leisurely folding its wings, as you pass 
by, may be. The question, of course, refers to old covenanting days, 
when this lapwing’s forefathers aided the dragoons to hunt down the 
covenanters. In size goensis is 13 inches long ; bill red with a black 
tip ; wattles lake red ; irides reddish brown ; Tegs yellow ; colour is 
glossy black on the head, face, hind neck, throat and breast ; white 
on ear-coverts, sides of neck and nape ; brownish green on the back 
and wing-coverts ; black on a good part of the quills; tail white 
having a broad black tip ; beneath, plumage is white. 
III]. -HOPLOPTEREA,, shoulders spurred, no hind toe. 
