CRESTED LAPWING. 509 



wattles, or a crest : they feed upon earth-worms 

 and larvae : they only undergo a single moult, 

 contrary to most of the genera comprehended m 

 this order. 



A. Al^ muticcE, 

 A. Wings unarmed. 



CRESTED LAPWING. 



( Vanellus Gavia. ) 



Va. corpore supra viridi-aureo, suhtus albo, pectore iiigro, pennis 

 occipitis longissimis cristam efficientibus , rectricibus intermediis 

 decern a basi ad medium albis ; extima totd alba, pedibus rubris. 



Lapwing with the body abqve green-gold 3 beneath white 5 with 

 the breast black 5 the occipital feathers elongated, forming a 

 crest ; the ten middle tail-feathers from the base to the middle 

 white > the outer one entirely white 3 the feet red. 



Vanellus Gavia. Leach. Cat, Mus. Brit, p. 29. 



Vanellus cristatus. Meyer. 



Tringa Vanellus. Linn, Syst, Nat, 1. 248. 2. — Linn, Faun, 

 Siiec. \ JQ.-—Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 670,—Raii.Syn. 110. A. 1.— 

 Briss, Orn, 5, 94. 1. pi, 8,f. 1,—Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 726.2. 



Le Vanneau. Buff, Ois. 8. 48. pL A^.—Buff, PL Enl. 242. 



Vanneau huppe. Temm. Man. d^Orni. 347. 



Lapwing Peevit, or Bastard Plover. Penn, Brit, Zool, 2. igo. 

 —-Penn. Arct, Zool. 2. 480. D.-^Will. 307- pi. Sy^—Alb. Birds. 



1, pi. 74 Haines. Brit, Birds, pi. 11. — Lath, Gen, Syn.5. l(5l . 



2, —Letvin. Brit. Birds. 5. pi iQj.^Pult, Cat, Dors. p. 15. 

 — Wale. Syn. 2. pi, 145. — Don. Brit. Birds. 2. pi. 25. — Bevo. 

 Brit, Birds. 1. 324. — Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. — Bing. Anim. Biog. 

 2, 307.— Xoio, Fatm. Oread, p, 84. 



