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a black and a white, on the forehead ; a dark brown band 

 under the eye ; a white ring including the throat, succeeded 

 by a broader ring of brownish-black ; feet orange. 



£. Charadrius Cantianus. Kentish Ring -Plover. Length 

 nearly seven inches ; bill more than half the length of the 

 head ; wings shorter than the tail. Upper parts light 

 brownish-grey ; two bands, a black and a white, on the fore- 

 head ; hind part of the head light brownish-red ; loral space 

 and a band behind the eye black ; the throat and a band 

 crossing the hind neck white ; a patch of black on each side 

 of the lower part of the neck ; feet dusky. 



S. Charadrius minor. Little Ring-Plover. Length about 

 six inches and a half ; bill more than half the length of the 

 head ; wings shorter than the tail. Upper parts greyish- 

 brown ; two bands, a black and a white, on the forehead ; 

 hind part of the head light brownish-grey ; a band under the 

 eye black ; the throat and a band crossing the hind neck 

 white, succeeded by a brownish-black ring ; feet yellowish- 

 flesh-colour. 



GENUS IV. VANELLUS. LAPWING. 



Bill shortish, slender, straight, compressed ; upper man- 

 dible with the dorsal line straight for two-thirds of its length, 

 then convexo-declinate to the end, the tip rather obtuse ; 

 gape-line straight; nasal groove very long; nostrils small, 

 linear, sub-basal, pervious. Legs of moderate length, or long, 

 very slender ; tarsus anteriorly scutellate ; toes short, slender, 

 margined, the outer two connected by a basal web ; hind toe 

 extremely small ; claws short, arched, compressed, slender, 

 obtuse. Wings long, rounded ; inner secondaries tapering 

 and much elongated ; tail rather broad, rounded or even. 



1. Vanellus cristatus. Crested Lapwing. A recurved 

 occipital crest of linear feathers ; upper parts green, lower 

 white ; fore part of neck black ; tail white, with a broad 

 black band. 



GENUS V. STREPSILAS. TURNSTONE. 



Bill a little shorter than the head, slightly bent upwards 



