rKEWJT. 



41' 



GRALLATORES. 



CHARADRllDJE. 



THE PEEWIT, OR LAPWING. 



Tringa vanellus, Lapwi7ig Sandpiper, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 06. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Mont. Oinith. Diet. 



,, ,, „ ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 83. 



Vanellus cristatus, Cotnmon Lapwing, Flem. Brit. An. p. 11. 



,, ,, Crested or Green Lapwi)ig,SEi.By, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p.2'21. 



,, ,, ,, Lapwiiig, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 182. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xii. 



,, ,, Vanneau hupp6, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 550. 



Vanellus. Generic Cliaracters. — Bill shorter than the head, straight, 

 slightly compressed ; the points of both mandibles horny and hard. Nasal 

 groove wide, and reaching as far as the horny tip. Nostrils basal, linear, 

 pierced in the membrane of the nasal groove. Legs slender, with the lower 

 part of the tibia; naked. Feet four toed ; three before, one behind, united at 

 the base by a membrane ; hind toe very short, articulated upon the tarsus. 

 Tarsi reticulated. Wings large, tuberculated or spurred in front of the carpal 

 joint ; the first three quill-feathers shorter than the fourth and fifth, which are the 

 longest in the wing. 



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