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NEW HOLLAND LAPWING. 

 (Vanellus NeYae-HoUandiae.) 



Va. olivacea-ferrugineus, mhtus albus, vertice nigro, remigibus 



recfricibusque nigris. 

 Rusty-olive Lapwing j beneath white > the crown black j the 



quills and tail-feathers black. 

 Tringa lobata. Lath, Ind, Orn. Sup. Ixv. 

 Wattled Sandpiper. Lath. Gen, Sj/n, /J, 313. 8. 



Described by Latham as below : " It is at least 

 nineteen inches in length : the beak pale : irides 

 yellow : the crown and nape are black : sides of 

 the head and round the eye furnished with a 

 carunculated yellow membrane, hanging down on 

 each side in a pointed wattle: the neck and all 

 beneath is white, but the sides of the breast next 

 the wings are black : back and wings olive-brown, 

 with a tinge of nut-colour : the quills and end of 

 the tail black, but the very tip of the last is fringed 

 with white : the bare part of the legs above the 

 knee, and a small space below it, is of a rose- 

 colour; the rest black, with rose-coloured seg- 

 ments : at the bend of each wing a stout yellow 

 spur, somewhat bent. Inhabits New South Wales : 

 is sometimes met with in the flats going to Parra- 

 matta, but is not a common bird." 



