Lapwing

a bird of the plover or snipe family. The common European lapwing, known also as the pewit, from its cry, has four toes and a long black crest. The upper parts of the male are lustrous with green, violet, and purplish tints. It is rather smaller than a pigeon. It inhabits the marshy districts of England. The eggs are esteemed a luxury and command a fancy price in the London market, where they are sold as plover's eggs. This is the bird of which Tennyson says: