PLATE XXV. 



TRINGA VANELLUS. 



Lapwing, or Tewit. 



G R A L L M. 



Bill roundifh. Tongue entire, flefhy. Thighs naked. Toes di- 

 vided. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 

 Bill roundifh, ftrait, about the length of the head. Noftrils narrow, 

 Toes four. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 

 Bill, Crown, Creft, Throat, black; a black line under each Eye £ 

 at the back part of the Head a Creft of about twenty narrow feathers; 

 of unequal length; fides of the Neck white; fore part as far as the 

 Breaft black; the Back and Wings green, moft beautifully glofled 

 with fine purple, brown and blue. Quills black. Breaft and Belly 

 white. Upper Tail Coverts and Vent pale rufous. Tail white from 

 the bafe half up, extreme half black. Legs red. 



Tringa Vanellus. Pedibus rubris, crifta dependent^ pe&ore nigra. 



Fn. Suec, 148, — Linn. Syfl. Nat. Editio Decima* 



I. 148. 

 Scop. Ann. 1. N Q 141. 

 Brun. N g 170, 



A 1 Mult* 



