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Ligamentum botalli greatly reduced, ligamentum aortae broad, 

 and vertebrals and superficial cervicals have a short common root 

 from the common carotid in Nycticryphes semicollaris. 



Species studied 

 By Glenny 

 Rostratula benghalensis (Linn^) (2) | Nycticryphes semi-collaris (Vieillot) (2) 



Family Haematopodidae 



Ligamentum botalli very small; vertebrals and superficial cervicals 

 have a common root from the common carotid. 



Species studied 



By Garrod 



Haemaiopus niger — Haemalopus ostral- 

 egus bachmani Audubon 



By Glenny 

 Haematopus ostralegus malacophaga Sal- 



oinonsen 



Family Charadriidae 



Ligamentum botalli seldom present; vertebrals and superficial 

 cervicals ha,ve a common root from the common carotid; accessory 

 oesophageal artery arises either as a branch of the left common carotid 

 or from the ventral superficial cervical artery. There is considerable 

 variation in the number and arrangement of the superficial cervical 

 arteries. 



Species studied 



By Garrod 



Vanellus crititahis=VaneIlus vanellus 



(Linne) 

 Charadrius pluvialis = Pluvialis apricaria 



(Linn6) 

 Charadrius hiaticula Linne 



By Glenny 



Belonopterus chilensis lampronotus 



(Wagler) 

 Stephanibyx coronatus (Boddaert) 

 Hoplopterus spinosus (Linne) 

 Hoplopterus duvaucelii (Lesson) 

 Zonijer tricolor (Vieillot) 

 Squatarola squatarola (Linn6) 



Pluvialis dominica fulva (Gmelin) 

 Charadrius hiaticula semipalmatus Bon- 

 aparte 

 Charadrius melodus Ord 

 Charadrius alexandrinus hesperius Bates 

 Charadrius alexandrinus nivostis (Cassin) 

 Charadrius alexandrinus tenuirostris 



(Lawrence) 

 Charadrius sanctac-helenae (Hartiug) 

 Charadrius vociferus vociferus Linn6 

 Charadrius vociferus ternominatus Bangs 



and Kennard 

 Charadrius wilsonia beldingi (Ridgway) 

 Charadrius wilsonia cinnamominus 



(Ridgway) 

 Oreopholus ruficollis (Wagler) 



