Variation in the Wing of the Lapwing. 



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very conspicuous in breeding-pluniage, whilst it almost 

 disappears at that season in, very old birds." 



Mr. Howard Saunders states in his ' Manual ' : — " The 

 mature female does not differ in plumage, but younger hens 

 shew some white on the chin ; in winter that part as well as 

 the throat are white in both sexes. The young bird has a 

 shorter crest and the dorsal feathers are edged with greyish 

 buff/' 



Text-tiff. 5 



Text-tiff. 6. 



Whiff of Lapwing - , 3 • 



Primaries of Lapwing, <5 , 



The fact that the great difference in the wings of the sexes 

 has escaped observation might at first appear due to descrip- 

 tions having been taken from skins only, but in the closed 

 wings of a skin the relative length of the primaries is so 



