CRESTED LAPWING. 159 



reflections, including most of the colours of the rainbow. The 

 quills are dusky, with the exception of the first four, which 

 are tipped with white ; all the under parts are pure white ; 

 the upper and under tail-coverts pale orange-brown ; the tail- 

 feathers are white half way down from the base, the outer 

 entirely so, and the rest tipped ; the other parts of these fea- 

 thers are dusky. 



In winter plumage the throat is not so entirely covered with 

 black, and the rest of the colouring is duller. 



The young of the year has a dusky streak below the eye, 

 instead of the black; the throat is white, with ash-coloured and 

 brown markings, the entire plumage is edged with brown 

 ochre ; the legs and feet are greenish ash-colour. 



The egg figured 217 is that of the Crested Lapwing. 





