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SENEGAL LAPWING 

 (Vanellus Senegalensis.) 



Va. JuscuSf guld remigibus Jasciaque caudle nigris, fascia alarum 



longitudinali ahdoniine basi tipiceque caudce albis. 

 Brown Lapwing, with the throat, quills, and bdnd on the tail, 



black J a longitudinal stripe on the wings, the abdomfen, and 



the base and tip of the tail, white. 

 Vanellus Senegalensis armatus. Briss. Orn. 5. ill. 6. pi. 10. 



f. 2. 



Tringa Senegalla. Lath, Ind. Orn. 2. 728. 8. 

 Parra Senegalla. Linn, Syst, Nat. 1. 259. 2. — GmeL Syst. Nat, 

 1.70(>. 



Le Vanneau arme du Senegal. Buff. Ois, 8. 62. — Bifffl PL 

 Bill, 362. 



Senegal Sandpiper. Lath. Gen. Syn, 5. 100. 8. 



Length one foot: beak yellow-green, tipped 

 with black : the forehead covered with a yellowish 

 skin : the chin and throat are black : the head, 

 upper parts of the body, and lesser wing-coverts, 

 are grey-brown : the under parts the same, but 

 paler : the lower part of the belly and the upper 

 and under tail- coverts are dull white : the greater 

 wing-coverts the same : the quills are black, more 

 or less white at the base ; and at the bend of the 

 wing is a black spur : basal half of the tail dirty 

 white, the rest black, tipt with pale rufous. In- 

 habits Senegal. It is a noisy species, and as soon 

 as it espies a man, it sets up a loud scream, by 

 which means all other birds in the neighbourhood 

 are alarmed, and flv off: it associates with its mate. 



