. An illustrated manual of British birds . -grey, rather browneron the wing-coverts; secondaries conspicuously white, quills chieflyblack; tail-feathers white, with a subterminal band of dark brownon all except the outer pair ; chin white ; cheeks and sides of thethroat pale buff; breast ash-grey, turning to black on the abdomen,followed by rich chestnut-red on the flanks and vent; axillaries andunder tail-coverts white ; bill, legs and feet black. Length 13 in. ;wing 8 in. The sexes scarcely differ in plumage. The young birdhas the crown dark brown, with a buffish-white circlet; cheeks andnap
. An illustrated manual of British birds . -grey, rather browneron the wing-coverts; secondaries conspicuously white, quills chieflyblack; tail-feathers white, with a subterminal band of dark brownon all except the outer pair ; chin white ; cheeks and sides of thethroat pale buff; breast ash-grey, turning to black on the abdomen,followed by rich chestnut-red on the flanks and vent; axillaries andunder tail-coverts white ; bill, legs and feet black. Length 13 in. ;wing 8 in. The sexes scarcely differ in plumage. The young birdhas the crown dark brown, with a buffish-white circlet; cheeks andnape dull buff striped with brown ; breast rather distinctly markedwith arrow-heads of ash-grey; abdomen dull white, with a littlechestnut above the vent; the tivo outer pairs of tail-feathers white ;axillaries and under wing-coverts white, as in the adult. This species is often placed in the genus Chettusia, but for thepurpose of the present work I have thought best to unite it withVaiiellus, inasmuch as it has a hind-toe. CHARADRIID^.. 539. q^:?^^ - THE LAPWING. Vanellus vulgaris, Bechstein. The Lapwing, also called the Peewit, owes the first name to theslow flapping of its rounded pinions, while the latter is obviouslyderived from the birds familiar cry. Throughout the British Islandsit is generally distributed and, as a rule, resident; though partialemigration from the north takes place in severe weather. Itsfavourite resorts are marshy pastures and moorlands, but its breed-ing-grounds, even when on flats, are usually above the risk of inun-dation, though its range on the mountains seldom infringes uponthat of the Golden Plover. In England, drainage and the increaseof cultivation have tended to diminish its numbers, allowing for thelarge flocks which annually arrive from the Continent in autumn ;but in Scotland it is abundant, and is on the increase in many partsof the north as well as in the Shetlands. In Ireland it is verycommon, but Sir R. Payne-Gallwey states that its eggs
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