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CAYENNE LAPWING. 
out, and tlie watclifiil bird seizing hold of it, drew 
it forth.” 
Lapwings are lively, active birds, being almost 
continually in motion : they remain a long time on 
the wing, and sometimes rise to a considerable 
height: their cry is plaintive, somewhat resembling 
the word pee-zvit^ which has given rise to one of 
their provincial names. They are very useful in 
gardens, as they keep them free from worms, 
slugs, and insects, and will become tolerably fami- 
liar, and during the winter require to be fed with 
bread or meat, as at that season their proper food 
fails them. An interesting anecdote is related by 
Bewick, exhibiting the domestic nature of these 
birds very faithfully, but which, on account of its 
length, I am constrained to omit. 
B. Al^ calcar nt(E. 
B. Wings armed with a spur, 
a. Capwt palea non instructum. 
a. Head not furnished with a wattle. 
CAYENNE LAPWING. 
(Vanellus Cayanensis.) 
Va. cristatus, dorso viridi-purpureo , collo ritfescente, Jronte gul& 
^fascia pectoris caudaque nigris, mar gine alarum extus abdomine 
basique catidcc albis. 
