VANELLUS. STREPSILAS. 161 



Genus VANELLUS, Brisson, Ornith. v. p. 94 (1760). 



Vanellus (formerly often spelt Vannellus), diminutive of vannus = a fan, 

 whence the French name Vanneau. 



Vanellus vulgaris. LAPWING. 



Vanellus vulgaris, Bechstein, Ornith. Tasch. p. 313 



(1803). 

 Tringa Vanellus, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 248 (1766). 



Charadrius vanellus, Naum. vii. p. 269. 



Vanellus cristatus, Macg. iv. p. 133 ; Hewitson, p. 301 ; 



Gray, p. 137; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 481; id. ed. 3, ii. 



p. 515 ; Gould, iv. pi. 33; Harting, p. 43. 

 Vanellus vulgaris, Dresser, vii. p. 545. 

 The Peewit, or Lapwing, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 417. 



Vulgaris = common ; from vulgus = the multitude. 



A common resident throughout the United Kingdom, but 

 absent in the winter from the more northern portions. It is 

 generally distributed throughout Europe, migrating to North 

 Africa in winter. In Asia it is found as far east as Japan, 

 and in Northern India. 



Genus STEEPSILAS, Illiger, Prodr. p. 263 (1811). 



Strepsilas, from orpe^w = I turn, and Xaas, contracted in Attic to Xas = 

 a stone. 



Strepsilas interpres. TURNSTONE. 



Tringa Interpres, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 248 (1766). 

 Strepsilas interpres, Naum. vii. p. 303; Macg. iv. p. 143; 



Hewitson, p. 303 ; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 486 ; id. ed. 3, ii. 



p. 520 ; Gould, iv. pi. 60 ; Harting, p. 44 ; Dresser, vii. 



p. 555. 



Cinclus interpres, Gray, p. 143. 

 The Turnstone, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 422. 



Interpres = an agent between two parties, an explainer ; from inter 

 between, and the root of the Sanskrit prath = unfold (whence TrXarus = broad) ; 

 perhaps in allusion to its warning note. 



A tolerably common species on most parts of our coasts 



M 



