the lapwings. 
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dusky-brown, the white, ^terminal half 
tail-coverts cinnamon-rufous base otta 
black, the feathers being lightly^ t.ppen^^^ 
band decreasing m extent to ^eb ■ 
entirely white, excepting „reeV^sh gloss and ornamented with 
crown Wack,with a shgh^^ g ^ f of 
an occipital crest f A ^k black, with a slight green- 
cheeks, entire throat, and fore ne hind-neck 
ish gloss; eyebrow, sides ^hg eyebrow mottled with black 
as far as the occiput dul^hite, th^>^ 
above the eye, and be ear-coverts ; hind-neck 
extending along the upper edge 
slightly with brown, th 1 fore-neck; remainder 
hc-green, extending down ^e^^ fore-neck downwards, pure 
of under surface coverts and axillaries; the 
white, of thewing as well as the lower prmiary- 
coverts on *e outside of t ^.g tail-coverts light cin- 
coverts ^ J dear ffeshy-red ; iris brown. Total 
namon ; bill black , ect c ^ ^^g.g . 4-2 ; tarsus, I'T- 
length, 13 me , . t 
Adult ‘ uinck on the throat not developed so 
“r SlTng.? -. i«che,i clmen, «»8.S'5; <»'■ 
the throat white and the I'cad . feathers of 
across the fore-neck a very ro which gradually wear 
the upper surface with fulvous edgings, wnici g 
-Coloured like the edolts. “ 
of the upper surface edged with sandy-b , c^ 
coverts and secondaries, the scapulars w of face and 
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