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The following measurements of the wings also show very 

 little difference in this respect : — 



Western : 193-180 mm. Two sexed males, 190-189 mm. 



Eastern : 202-173 mm. Sexed males, 195-189; females, 

 192-173 mm. 



[Irides yellow; bill red, tip black, wattles red; legs and 

 toes red.] 



44. Afribyx senegallus. Wattled Spur-winged Plover. 

 Parra senegallus Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i. 1766, p. 259 : 



Senegal. 



a. ? ad. 50 miles S. of Gondokoro. Mar. 1. 



Total length in flesh : 13| inches. Wing : 228 mm. 



In good plumage, just a little worn. 



This bird may not be fully adult as it has not yet assumed 

 the black on the abdomen, or the black tip to both mandibles, 

 which cliaracters do not appear to be sexual or seasonal. 



[Irides greyish yellow; upper wattle red, lower yellow ; 

 eyelids yellow ; bill yellow, tip of upper mandible black ; 

 legs and toes yellow. Tolerably common and nesting.] 



45. Hoplopterus spinosus. Egyptian Spur-winged Plover. 

 Charadrius spinosus Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, 



p. 151 : Egypt. 



a. S ad. Lake Hannington, 3700 ft. Dec. 25. 

 Total length in flesh : 11;^ inches. Wing : 198 mm. 

 In very worn and bedraggled plumage. 

 [Bill black ; legs and toes black.] 



46. Hoplopterus armatns. Black-and-white Spur-winged 

 Plover. 



Charadrius armatus Burchell, Travels, i. 1822, p. 501 : 

 Klaarwater or Griquatown, Cape Colony. 

 a. ? ad. Loita, 6300 ft. Oct. 4. 

 Total length in flesh : \\\ inches. Wing : 215 mm. 

 In clean fresh dress, still moulting. 

 [Irides red ; bill black ; legs and toes black.] 



