136 CHARADPaiDJE. 



Hoploxypterus cayanus, Bp. C. B. xliii. p. 418 (1856). 

 Vanellus cayanus, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Cursores, p. 62 (I860 : 

 Brazil) ; Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 229, pi. x. (1888). 



Adult male. General colour above light brown, varied with black 

 and white markings ; the mantle black ; the upper back brown ; 

 the lower back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail white, the latter 

 with a broad black band at the end, fringed with white again at 

 the tip ; this black band decreasing in width towards the outermost 

 feathers, which are, curiously enough, narrower than the other 

 rectrices ; the scapulars white, or white washed with brown, form- 

 ing a longitudinal band on each side of the back, which is further 

 accompanied by a broad external band of black, consisting of the 

 scapulars and adjoining feathers : wing- coverts light brown, the 

 median series more ashy, the greater coverts pure white, with ashy 

 bases ; primary-coverts and quills black, the outer secondaries 

 white, tipped with black, the inner secondaries pure white, and the 

 long innermost ones light brown : forehead and anterior part of 

 crown black, extending backwards in a broad line over the eyes and 

 joining the black of the sides of the face, which is continued to the 

 black mantle and prtepectoral collar ; the lores, feathers below 

 the eye, and ear-coverts all black ; cheeks, throat, and under 

 surface of body pure white, excepting for the broad band of black 

 which occupies the fore-neck and is joined to the black of the 

 mantle : under wing-coverts and axillaries white : " bill blackish 

 brown, lower mandible yellowish or fleshy red at the base ; claws 

 black ; spur on wing greyish brown ; iris grey-brown ; edge of 

 eyelid cinnabar-red" (Neuwied). Total length 8 inches, culmen 1-15, 

 wing 5-4, tail 2'8, tarsus 1*75. 



Adult female,. Similar to the male in plumage. Total length 

 95 inches, culmen 1*1, wing 5 - 6, tail 2'3, tarsus 1*05. 



Hah. Central America [?] from Honduras*, sotith to South 

 America, where it ranges from British Guiana to Southern Brazil. 



a. <S ad. sk. Roraima, British Guiana, Salviu-Godman Coll. 



May 11 (II. Whitely). 



b. 2 a d. sk. Ourumi, British Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Dec. (II. Whitely). 



c. d. Ad.sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {C.fiuck- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ley). 



e. Ad.sk. [Peru.] Berkeley James Coll. 



f, g. <S 5 ad. sk. Pebas, E. Peru, May, June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(J. Hau.rioell). 

 h. Ad.sk. Omega, south side of R. Ama- Salvin-Godman Cull. 



zon (A. B. Wallace). 

 i. Ad. sk. Corumha, Matto Grosso (H. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



H. Smith), 

 k. cT ad. sk. Rio Parana, Brazil, April 23 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(J. Natterer). 



* After a prolonged search in the Liverpool Museum with Dr. Forbes I 

 have been unable to find Lev hold's specimen, nor do the registers afford any 

 clue. There is, therefore, no positive evidence that the specimen came from 

 the "Aloor River,'' Central America. 



