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exterior one connected with the middle toe by a short membrane, 
the interior one quite free; tail slightly rounded or straight; 
wings as long as the tail, the second quill longest. 
Charadrius pluvialis. — Golden Plover. 
Plate LVIII. fig. 6. 
Upper parts brownish-black; spotted on the edges of the 
webs with golden-yellow; neck and breast paler; tail dusky 
with yellow bars ; legs black ; bill dusky ; irides hazel. 
Sub-Division II. — Feet furnished with four toes. 
Genus 7.—V A N E L L U S. — Brisson. 
Generic Character. —Bill short, slender, straight, slightly gib¬ 
bous towards the point; nostrils lateral, and cleft longitudinally ; 
legs slender ; tibia half naked; feet with three toes before and 
one behind, the central toe connected with the external one by 
a short membrane ; the hallux very short, or rudimentary, placed 
higher than the toes; wings longer than the tail, the third and 
fourth quills longest. 
Vanellus cristatus. — Lapwing. 
Plate LIX. fig. 1. 
Deep glossy iridescent-green above ; sides of the neck, abdo¬ 
men, and crissum, white ; head furnished with a long, horizontal, 
thin black crest turned up at the point; crown, throat, and 
breast, black. Twelve and a half inches long. Inhabits Europe. 
Genus 8. — ST RE P SIL A S.— Illiger. 
Generic Character. — Bill of medium size, sub-conic, straight, 
strong at the base, slightly retrousse, a little truncated and 
hard at tip ; ridge depressed ; nostrils basal, lateral, partly closed 
by a membrane ; legs strong; tibia partly naked above the 
knee ; feet with three toes before and one behind, the anterior 
ones connected at the base by a very short membrane ; the hal¬ 
lux articulated to the tarsus, and not resting on the ground; 
wings acuminated, the first quill the longest. 
