. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . the middle feathers longer;they have a hind toe instead of none or an extremely dimi-nutive one. Many Lapwings, now referred to the genusliObivanellus, have fleshy or membranous a])pendages aboutthe head, and most of them have the metacarpal knobpointed and covered with horn, constituting a spur. In habits they resemble the Plovers. They belong
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . the middle feathers longer;they have a hind toe instead of none or an extremely dimi-nutive one. Many Lapwings, now referred to the genusliObivanellus, have fleshy or membranous a])pendages aboutthe head, and most of them have the metacarpal knobpointed and covered with horn, constituting a spur. In habits they resemble the Plovers. They belong nu)rees])ccially to warm climates, frccpient marshy places, plains,and heaths, as well as the shores of rivers, lakes, and thesea. They feed on insects, Crustacea, moUusca, worms, andsometimes seeds ; run with great celerity, fly with rapidity,and utter a mellow, sometimes modulated note. The nest isa slight hollow in the ground; the eggs are four, pyrlform,extremely large, and spotted. The young run innnediatelyafter birtli, and conceal themselves anu)ng the stones orherl)ai;(. Only one species occurs in Britain, where it is generally(listriluited. 133 VANELLUS CRISTATUS. THE CRESTEDLAPWING. PEWIT. PEESEWEEP. TUCHIT. GUEEX PLOVER. Tringa Vaaellus. Liun. Syst. Xat. I. 248. Tringa Vanellus. Lath. Ind. Oniith. II. 726, Lapwing. Mont. Ornith. Diet. Yanneau huppe. Vanellus cristatus. Tomm. ^lan. dOrn. II. -joO. Crested or Green Lapwing. Vanellus cristatus. Selb. Illustr. Brit. Ornith. II. cristatus. Common Lapwing. Flem. Brit. Anim. cristatus. Crested Lapwing. Jen. Brit. Vert. Anim. cristatus. Bonap. Comp. List, 46. A recurved occipital crest of linear feathers ; upper partof /lead and fore part of neck black; tipper parts green,lower trJiitc; tail white, with a broad black band. ;M.\—The Lapwing, so named on account of its peculiar mo(k of flight, is one of the most beautiful of our nativebirds, and among the most familiarl
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