CRESTED LAPWING. 
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wattles, or a crest : they feed upon earth-worms 
and larvae : they only undergo a single moult, 
contrary to most of the genera comprehended in 
this order. 
A. A-lm mutiecE. 
A. Wings unarmed. 
CRESTED LAPWING. 
(Vanellus Gavia.) 
Va. corpore supra viridi-aureo, stibtus albo, pectore nigro, pennis 
occip>itis longissimis cristam efficientibus , rectricibus intermediis 
decern a basi ad medium albis ; extimd tot a alba, pedibus rubris. 
Lapwing with the body above green-gold ; beneath white ; with 
the breast black j the occipital feathers elongated, forming a 
crest ; the ten middle tail-feathers from the base to the middle 
white ; the outer one entirely white ; the feet red. 
Vanellus Gavia. Leach. Cat. Mus. Brit.p. 2Q. 
Vanellus cristatus. Meyer. 
Tringa Vanellus. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 248. 2. — Linn. Faun. 
Suec. 176. —Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 6^0. — Raii.Syn. 110. a. 1 . — 
Briss. Orn. 5. Q4. 1 . pi. 8 .yi 1 . — Lath. Ind. Orn. 2 . 726 . 2 . 
Le Vanneau. Buff. Ois. 8. 48. pi. 4. — Buff. PI. Enl. 242. 
Vanneau huppe. Temm. Man. d^Orni. 347* 
Lapwing Peevit, or Bastard Plover. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. I 90 . 
—Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 480. n.—Will. 307. pl. 57 . — Alb. Birds. 
1. pl. 74 . — Hayes. Brit. Birds, pl. 11 . — Lath. Gen.Syn.5. I 61 . 
2. — Levoin. Brit. Birds. 5. pl. I 67 . — Pult. Cat. Dors. p. 15. 
—Wale. Syn. 2. pl. 145. — Don. Brit. Birds. 2. p>^- 25. — Betv. 
Brit. Birds. 1.324. — Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. — Bing. Anim. Biog. 
2. 307 .— Low. Faun. Oread, p. 84. 
