3. OREOPHILUS. 123 



e'. No crest ; no hind toe ; wattle large . . 7. Lobipluvia, p. 130. 

 f . No crest ; a small liind toe and claw ; 



wattle minute 8. Micbosabcops, p. 133. 



c. With a small spur on the wing ; no facial 



wattle on the lappet ; no hind toe. 

 g' . Tarsus very long, double the length of [p. 135. 



the middle toe and claw 9. Hoploxyptebus, 



h'. Tarsus shorter and stouter, not twice 



the length of the middle toe and claw. 10. Ptiloscelis, p. 137. 



d. With a well-developed spur on the wing; 



a distinct facial wattle or lappet ; a small 



hind toe 11. Lobivanellus, p.138. 



3. OREOPHILUS. 



Type. 

 Oreophilus, Jard. $,- Selby, III. Orn. iii. pi. 151 (1835) . . O. ruficollis. 

 Dromicus, Less. Echo du Monde Savant, 1844, col. 616. . 0. ruficollis. 



Eancje. Uplands of Patagonia, Chili, and Peru ; Falkland Islands. 



1. Oreophilus ruficollis. 



Charadrius ruficollis, Wagl. Ms, 1829, p. 653 (ex Licht. in Mus. 



Berol.) ; Burm. Th. Bras. iii. p. 361 (1856 : Coast of Southern 



Brazil). 

 Oreophilus totanirostris, Jard. <§■ Selby, III. Orn. iii. pi. 151 (1835 : 



Andes of Chili); Gould -in Darwin s Voy.' Beagle,' Birds, p. 125 



Dromicus lessoni, Less. Echo du Monde Savant, 1844, col. 617. 



Hoplopterns ruficollis, Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 542 (1844). 



Oreophilus ruficollis, Licht. Nomencl. Av. Mus. Berol. p. 94 (1S54) ; 



Bp. C. B. xlii. p. 597 (1856) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 331, 339 ; 



Scl. cy Salv. t. c. p. 989 (Islay, Peru) ; iid. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 570 ; 



iid. Ibis, 1868, p. 189 (Sandy Bay) ; iid. Ibis, 1870, p. 499 (Gallegos 



Iviver) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 19, no. 10046 (1871) ; Scl. §• 



R Z. S. 1886, p. 403 (Tarapaca); id. $ Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. 

 p. 17 \ I 18M9 : Kio Negro ) ; Oust. Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, Ois. p. 116 

 (1891) ; Holland, Ibis, 1891, p. 16 ; id. Ibis, 1892, p. 210 (Estancia 

 Espartilla) ; James, New List Chilian Birds, p. 11 (1892). 



Moriuellus totanirostris, Schl. Mus. Bays-Bas, Cursores, p. 47 (1865 : 

 Bolivia). 



Charadrius totanirostris, Seebohm, Geoqr. Distr. Charadr. p. Ill, id 4 

 (1888). n 



Adult male. General colour above sandy buff, broadly streaked 

 with black centres to tho feathers, which have sandy-white margins : 

 hiud-neck and mantle more ashy grey, the former uniform, the 

 latter with black centres to the feathers ; lesser and median coverts 

 like the back ; greater coverts dark brown, margined with sandy 

 buff, inclining to whitish at the end of the feathers, and forming an 



