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ORD. I. GEN. VI. SANDPIPER. 



SPE. II. LAPWING. 

 PI. 168. 



Tringa Vanellus. Lin. Syft. I. p. 248. 

 Le Vanneau. Brif. Orn. V. p. 94. 



This elegant bird is about thirteen inches and a half in length, two and a half 

 in extent of wing, and weighs about eight ounces. The bill is black : eyes, 

 hazel : the crown of the head, a gloffy greenifh black 5 and from its back part 

 fprings a creft of narrow feathers, turning upward at the ends : the fides of the 

 head and neck, white : under the eye, a dark ftreak : the fore part of the neck, 

 black ; the hind part, mixed with white, afh-colour, and red : the back, and 

 wings, a beautiful gloffy green, finely variegated with purple on the fhoulders : 

 quills, black j the firft four, tipped with white : bread, and belly, white : up- 

 per tail coverts, and vent, pale orange: the upper half of the tail, white; the 

 lower, black ; the outer feathers having moft white : legs brownifh red. 



The female is fomewhat fmaller than the male, but does not differ effentially 

 in colour. 



This bird, called in many parts pewit,, from the cry it utters in its flight, 

 flies with confiderable fpeed, wheels about in the air, and is alfo a fwift runner. 

 It is common in England throughout the year, and is often feen in flocks in 

 the colder months. It lays its eggs on the ground, four in number, of a dirty 

 olive colour, fpotted with black, and pointed at one end. Thefe eggs, being 

 of a peculiar flavour, are efteemed by many as a great delicacy. For a repre- 

 sentation of them fee PI. XXXVII. Fig. % 



