LOUISIANE LAPWING* 

 (Vanelliis Ludoviciana.) 



Va. caru7iculatusj cor pore griseo-fiisco, subtus bastque cauda albO" 



riifescaite, pileo remigibus Jkscidque rectricum nigris. 

 Carunculated Lapwing, with the body grey-brown j beneath> 



and the base of the tail, of a whitish red j the top of the head, 



quills, and stripe on the tail. Mack. 

 Vanellus ludovicianus armatus. Briss, Orn. 5. 1 14. 7. pi. 8.y. 2. 

 Tringa ludoviciana. Lath, Ind, Orn. 2. 727. 6i 

 Parra ludoviciana. Gmel, Syst. Nat. 1. 700. 

 Vanneau arme de la Louisiane. Buff, Ois. 8. p. 65. — Buff. PL 



Enl. 835. 



Armed Sandpiper. Fenn, Arct, ZooL 2. 395. 6. 

 Louisiane Sandpiper. Lath, Gen, Syn. 5. l64. 6i 



This species is eleven inches in length : its beak 

 is orange ; at its base is a naked yellow skin, 

 rising up on the forehead, including the eyes, and 

 hanging on each side of the mandible like a wattle : 

 the top of the head is black : the rest of the upper 

 parts are grey-brown : the quills are mostly black, 

 varied more or less with grey: at the bend of the 

 wing is a sharp spur : the under parts of the body 

 are yellowish white : tail yellowish white, with 

 a black tip : legs red : claws black. Inhabits 

 Louisiana. 



