186 Dr. Hoesfield's Systematic Arrangement 



OrdoV. GRALLJE. 



Fam. XX. CHAEADRiADiE Leach. 



Gen. 54. Vanellus Brisson. 



Spec. 1. Vanellus melanogaster Bechst. 



Chibugan Javanis. 



Tringa Squatarola, Limi. Syst. i. p. 252. 



Vanneau gris, PL Enl. 854. 



The abdomen and vent are purely white ; the forehead, breast, 

 and lateral parts of the neck are whitish and variegated with 

 paler spots of the same colour as the upper parts, which are 

 brown variegated with dusky- white. The colouring of the Ja- 

 van bird is less striking and vivid than in the European speci- 

 mens described by M. Temminck (Man. 547, &c). 



The following species belongs to a natural section of this genus, 

 in which the wings are armed with spines, and the base of the 

 bill is provided with fleshy pendulous caruncles. 



Spec. 2. Vanellus tricolor mihi. 



V. griseo-fuscus, capite remigibus rectricibus abdomineque atris, 



pleuris alis subtus crisso caudaque basi apiceque albis. 

 Terek Javanis. 



Longitudo 12£ poll. 



Rostrum utrinque caruncula membranacea pendula instructum. 



Pedes longissimi. Tibia ad medium plumosse. Digiti elon- 



gati, medio cum exteriore basi membrana connexo. Alee cauda 



longiores. Humeri spina forti armati. 

 Differt Charadrio bilobo Gmel. PL Enl. 880. statura majore, 



absque spinosis. 



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