PEEWIT. 



OR A LLA TORES. 



481 

 (VIARADRIIDJE. 



THE PEEWIT, OR LAPWING. 



Vanellus cristatus. 



Tringa vanellus, Lapwing Sandpiper, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 66. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 83. 



I'ancllus cristatus, Common Lapwing, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 11. 



Crested or Green Lapwing, SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 221. 



lapwing, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 182. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xii. 



Vanneau huppe, 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 mem- 

 brane of the nasal groove. Legs slender, with the lower part of the tibiae naked. 

 Feet four toed ; three before, one behind, united at the base by a membrane ; 

 hind toe very short, articulated upon the tarsus. Tarsi reticulated. Wiiigs 

 large, tuberculated or spurred in front of the carpal joint ; the first three quill- 

 feathers shorter than the fourth and fifth, which are the longest in the wing. 



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