NER ODE. Cl ON: evil

Strepsilas, and Hematopus as a part of this great family of ground-birds ; and I shall here follow his
arrangement, since no one has paid greater attention to this subject than that gentleman. At the same

time I must remark that perhaps no two persons will agree as to the position of Vanellus.

Genus VANELLUS.
951. VANELLUS CRISTATUS : : : : : ; Vol. IV. Pl. XXXII
Lapwine or Peewir.

Resident and generally spread over the three kingdoms. About four or five of this genus are known ;

they inbabit both the Old and the New World.

Genus Himanropus.

Of this form six or seven species are found in the Old and the New World respectively. They are

generally termed Stilts or Stilt-Plovers, and characterized by elegance in all their actions.

Vol. IV. Pl. XXXIV.

952. HimMANTOPUS CANDIDUS
Sritt or Lonc-LEGGED PLoveEr.
An accidental visitor to Britain.
Genus CipIcNEMUS.
From four to six species of this form inhabit each side of the Equator in the Old World; two or three
are similarly dispersed over America.

953. CEDICNEMUS CREPITANS . : ; : : : : : 3 : W/o VE IE XONONGVE

THICK-KNEED BustarpD.
Common and stationary in Britain.
Genus SQuATAROLA.

Our well-known Grey Plover is almost, if not the sole member of this Genus.
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254. SQUATAROLA HELVETICA . : : Vol. IV. Pl. XXXVI.

Grey PLover.

A bird remarkable for the seasonal changes to which it is subject. In summer the breast is jet-black,
while in winter the same part is striated or pure white. A bird of passage In Britain, proceeding northward

in spring and returning southward at the opposite season.