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description of P. quad?'icinctus is evidently taken from the African 

 bird, but he erroneously gives India as its habitat, in consequence of 

 having confounded it with P. fasciata. Vieillot has increased the 

 confusion hj figuring the quadricinctus in his *Galerie des Oiseaux,' 

 pi. 220, under the specific name of bicinctus, while his description 

 refers to the true P. bicinctus, Temm., a S. African bird. 



80. W. Otis rhaad, Gm. 



81. N. W. Eupodotis denhami (Vig.). 



82. W. Ortyxelos meiffreniy Vieill. 



83. W. (Edicnemus crepitans, Linn. This seems to me to be un- 

 distinguishable from (E. senegalensis (Swains. Birds W. Afr. vol. ii. 

 p. 228), the description of which agrees with the European bird. 



84. (Edicnemus affinis, Riipp. So exactly does this agree in size 

 and form with (E. crepitans, that I should have suspected it to be an 

 immature bird, did not M. Riippell appear so convinced of its di- 

 stinctness. 



85. Pluvianus cegyptius (Linn.). 



86. Glareola limbata, Riipp. Closely resembles G. orientalis of 

 India, but has the external rectrices about an inch longer. 



87. N. W. Squatarola helvetica (Linn.). 



88. N. W. Rhinoptilus chalcopterus (Temm.). (Cursorius chalco- 

 pterus, Temm.) This, with the nearly allied M. bitorquatus, Blyth, 

 of India, form a very distinct group, connecting Cursorius with Cha- 

 radrius. Mr. Blyth first formed it into a genus, under the name of 

 Macrotarsus (Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. vol. xvii. part 1. p. 254); but 

 as the name has been previously used by Lacepede for genera of 

 mammals and of birds, and by Schonherr for a coleopterous insect, I 

 propose the name Rhinoptilus, indicating the advanced position of 

 the frontal feathers, which, with other characters, distinguish it from 

 Charadrius. 



89. N. Chcetusia gr eg aria (Pall.), 



90. W. Lobivanellus albicapillus (YieiW.) . (Vanellus strigilatus, 

 Swains.) 



91. W. Hoplopterus persicus (Bonn.). (H. spinosus, auct. recen- 

 tiorum.) 



92. W. Sarciophorus pileatus (Gm.). 



93. Charadrius hiaticula, Linn. 



94. Charadrius alexandrinus, Linn. ((7. cantianus, Lath.) 



95. Charadrius pecuarius, Licht. 



96. "W. Ardeola coromanda (Bodd.). (Ardea coromandelensis, 

 Kuhl ; A. coromandelica, Licht. ; A. affinis, Horsf. ; A. russata, 

 Temm.; A. 5 ico^or, Vieill. ; A. ^*^^y^cap^7/«, Vieill.; A. bubulcus, A.\x- 

 douin ; A. caboga, Franklin ; A. verrani, Roux ; A. lucida. Raff. ; 

 Lepterodas ibis, Ehrenb.) I could have wished that M. Riippell had 

 given us the diagnoses of ^. bubulcus and coromandelica when he pro • 

 nounced them distinct. As far as my own comparisons extend, the 

 African and Indian birds are specifically the same. 



97. JBotaurus stellaris (Liun.), 



98. Grus cinereus. 



99. W. Ciconia alba. 



