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CAYENNE LAPWING. 



out, and the watchful bird seizing hold of it, drew 

 it forth." 



Lapwings are lively, active birds, being almost 

 continually in motion : they remain a long time on 

 the wing, and sometimes rise to a considerable 

 height: their cry is plaintive, somewhat resembling 

 the word pee-wit^ which has given rise to one of 

 their provincial names. They are very useful in 

 gardens, as they keep them free from worms, 

 slugs, and insects, and will become tolerably fami- 

 liar, and during the winter require to be fed with 

 bread or meat, as at that season their proper food 

 fails them. An interesting anecdote is related by 

 Bewick, exhibiting the domestic nature of these 

 birds very faithfully, but which, on account of its 

 length, I am constrained to omit. 



B. Al^ calcaratce, 



B. Wings armed with a spur. 



a. Caput palea non instructum, 



a. Head not furnished with a wattle. 



CAYENNE LAPWING. 

 (Vanellus Cayanensis.) 



Va. cristatus, dor so viridi-purpureo, collo rtifescente , f route gul& 

 fascia pectoris caudaque nigris, margine alarum extus ahdomine 

 basiqiie caiidcB albis. 



