BRITISH BIRDS. 



21 



THE LAPWING. 



PKK-WIT, BASTARD PLOVER, OR TE-WIT. 



(Vaiiclltts Cristatiis* Meyer. Vanncau huppc, 

 Temm.) 



LENGTH thirteen inches and a half. Bill black; 

 eyes large and hazel ; top of the head black, glossed 

 with green: a tuft of long narrow feathers issues 

 from the back part of the head, and turns upwards 

 at the end; some of them four inches in length: 

 sides of the head and neck white; which is inter- 

 rupted by a blackish streak above and below the 

 eye ; back part of the neck very pale brown ; fore 

 part and the breast, black: the back and wing 

 coverts dark green, glossed with purple and blue 

 reflections; quills black, the first four tipped with 

 white; breast and belly pure white; upper tail 



