GRALLATORES. 



S5* 



THE PEEWIT, OR LAPWING. 



Vanellus cristatus. 



Tringa vanellus, Lapwing Sandpiper, 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. 



p. 66. 



MONTAGU, Omith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. 



p. 83. 



Vandlus cristatus, Common Lapvnng, FLEM. Brit. An. p, 11. 



Crested or Green Lapwing, SELBY, Brit. Ornith, vol. ii. 



p. 221. 



Lapwing, JENTNS, Brit. Yert. p. 182. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Vanneauhuppe, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. 



ii. p. 550. 



VANELLUS. Generic CJiaracters.'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 



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