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MESSRS. ROBINSON AND KLOSS ON 



LIMICOL/E. 



PLO^'ERS, Waders, Snipe, etc. 



/Nostrils impervious, form swallow-like 

 \ Nostrils pervious 



, f Eye very lar<i;e, bill extremely stout and heavy 

 JEye not specially large, bill not specially heavy 



I Toes three 

 t Toes four 



Glareola p. vialdivanon. 



Dramas ardeola. 



/■Bill longer than head ; plumage not 

 I strongly streaked . . 

 " Bill shorter than head ; plumage 

 [ strongly sti'eaked . . 



I Toes and claws enormously elongated 

 ' JToes and claws not specially elongated 



lAVith frontal lappets; primaries without 

 terminal processes 

 ' With no frontal lappets ; primaries with 

 V terminal processes 



(With the nasal groove not extending 



beyond half the length of the culmen 

 With the nasal groove extending over 

 ( the greater part of the upper mandible 



, j Bill not much longer than head . . 

 ' (.Bill very much longer than head 



(■With the bill not markedly swollen 



at the tips of mandibles 

 With the bill markedly swollen 

 i at the tips of both msuidibles . . 



j With a spur or knob at the angle of the wing 

 (With no spur or knob at the angle of the wing 



fWith a wattle in front of the eye 

 IWith no wattle in front of the eye 



( With a hind toe 

 (With no hind toe . . 



/Plumage above spotted with yellow 

 ( Plumage above not spotted with yellow 



/No complete white ring round the neck 

 (A complete white ring round the neck 



(Bill stout; shaft of 3rd primary partly white 



• Bill slender ; shaft of Brd primary dark throughout ; 



i wing 6.5 inches . . 



/Larger; bill from gape 1.0; wing .5.-5 inches 

 (Smaller; bill from gape 0.75 ; wing 5.0 inches 



A black or fuscus band across the fore-breast 

 No black or fuscus band across the fore-breast 



OrtliorhaniphuR m. scommophorns. 

 Ocdicnevtux cc. indicus. 



Metopiduts indicns. 

 Hijdrophasianus chinirgiis. 



Himnntopus Idmantopufi. 

 Arenaria interpres. 



Sarcogramnms i. atronnchalis. 

 . . Hux)l(>p)terus ventralis. 



Sqnatarola helvetica. 

 Charadriua phiviaUs fnlvus. 



Aeg'mlitis verediis. 



Aeginlitis geoffroyi. 

 Aegialids mongolus. 



Aegialitia diLbius ciironicus. 



19 

 9 



10 



11 

 12 



13 



14 



15 

 17 



16 



18 



[Bill larger 

 Bill smaller 



Aeginlitis alexandrinus denlhatus. 

 Aeginlitis a. 2)croni. 



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