SENEGAL LAPWING 
(Vanellus Senegalensis.) 
\ JuscuSf gula remigibus Jusciaque caudce nigris, fascia alarum 
longitudinali abdomine hasi apiceque caudcc albis» 
Brown Lapwing, with the throat, quills, and band on the tail, 
black j a longitudinal stripe on the wings, the abdomen, and 
the base and tip of the tail, white. 
Vanellus Senegalensis armatus. Briss„ Orn, 5. 111.6. q)l. 10. 
f. 2. 
‘Tringa Senegalla. Lath. Ind, Orn. 2. 728. 8. 
Parra Senegalla. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 25Q. 2. — Gmel. Syst. Nat, 
1 . 706. 
Le Vanneau arme du Senegal. Buff. Ois. 8. 62.— PL 
Enl. 362. 
Senegal Sandpiper. Lath. Gen* Syn. 5, I66. 8. 
Length one foot : beak yellow-green, tipped 
with black : the forehead covered with a yellowish 
skin : the chin and throat are black : the head, 
upper parts of the body, and lesser wing-coverts, 
are grey-brown : the under parts the same, but 
paler : the lower part of the belly and the upper 
and under tail- coverts are dull white : the greater 
wing-coverts the same : the quills are black, more 
or less white at the base ; and at the bend of the 
wing is a black spur : basal half of the tail dirty 
white, the rest black, tipt with pale rufous. In- 
habits Senegal. It is a noisy species, and as soon 
as it espies a man, it sets up a loud scream, by 
which means all other birds in the neighbourhood 
are alarmed, and flv off : it associates with its mate. 
