LAPWING. GRALLATORES. VANELLUS. 221 



CRESTED OR GREEN LAPWING. 



VANELLUS CRIST ATUS, Meyer. 

 PLATE XXXIV. 



Vanellus cristatus, Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 111. sp. 160. 



Vanellus gavia, Steph. Shaw's Zool. 11. 509. pi. 38 Leach, Cat. Br. Mus. 



p. 29. 

 Tringa Vanellus, Linn. Syst. 1. 248. 2 Gmel. Syst 1. 670.Raii Syn. 110. 



A. 1 Will. 228. t. 57 Briss. Orn. 5. 94. 1. t. 8. f. I. Lath. Ind. Orn. 



2. 726. sp. 2. 

 Charadrius Vanellus, Wagler, Syst. Av. 1. 



Le Vanneau, Buff. Ois. 8. 48. pi. 4 Id. PI. Enl. 242. 



Vanneau huppe', Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 2. 550. 



Gehaubte Kiebitz, Bechst. Naturg. Deut 4. 346. 



Lapwing, or Bastard Plover, Penn. Br. Zool. 2. 453. No. 190 Arct. 



Zool. 2. 480. D Will. 307. pi. 57 Alton's Br. Birds, 1. pi. 74 



Lewin's Br. Birds, ft. pi. 167 Pull. Cat. Dorset, p. 15. Lath. Syn. 5. 



161 Bewick's Br. Birds, Ed. 1826, 2. p. t. 79 Mont. Ornith. Diet. 1. 



Low's Faun. Oread, p. 84. 

 Crested Lapwing, Shaw's Zool. 11. 509. pi. 38. Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 111. 



sp. 160. 



BY its common appellation of Pewit, this bird is well 

 known throughout Britain, where it is very abundant during 

 the summer or breeding season, and is then found in almost 

 every situation, from the upland dry or marshy moors, to 

 the pasture and fallow grounds of the lower districts. In 

 these various localities, after making a slight depression in 

 the ground, which it lines with a few broken straws or dry 

 stalks of grass, it deposits four eggs, like most of the vermi- Nest, &c. 

 vorous Grallatores. They are of a deep oil-green colour, 

 blotched and irregularly marked with brownish-black, and 

 are brought in great numbers to the London market, where, 

 as an article of luxury for the table, they always command 

 a good price. On this account they are eagerly sought for 

 in all the districts where these birds are numerous, and the 

 open and extensive fields, as well as the rabbit warrens of 

 Norfolk, with the fenny parts of Lincolnshire and Cam- 

 bridge, furnish a principal part of the supply. The trade 



