CAYENNE LAPWING. 



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Crested Lapwing, with the back of a purple-green ; the neck 

 reddish 5 the forehead, throaty fascia on the breast, and tail, 

 black ; the outer edge of the wings, the abdomen, and base 

 of the tail, white. 



Tringa Cayanensis. Lath, Ind. Orn. 1. 727. 5. 



Parra Cayennensis. Gmel. SysU Nat. 1. 706. 



Vanneau arme de Cayenne. Buff, Ois, 8. 66,— Buff. PL Enl. 83(5. 



Cayenne Sandpiper. Lath, Gen. Syn. 5, 164. 5. 



Less than the preceding: length eight inches 

 and a half ; beak red, with a black tip : the fore- 

 head and throat are black : the middle of the 

 crown cinereous : the hind head brown, with five 

 or six long dusky feathers, similar to those of the 

 Lapwing: the neck is dusky white: the back 

 greenish purple : on the breast is a broad black 

 band : the belly and vent are white : one third of 

 the outside of the wing is white ; near its bend is 

 a short, rather curved, brown spur : the half of the 

 tail at the base is white, the rest black, with the 

 tip edged with white : legs reddish : claws black. 

 Inhabits the marshy savannahs of Cayenne, feeding 

 on insects. 



V, XI. p. II. 



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