592 LIMICOL.E. 



METOPIDIUS. 

 Metopidius, Wagler, Isis, 1832, p. 279. 



2889. Metopidius africanus. 



Parra africana, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 709 : Layard, B. S. Afr. 

 p. 335 : Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Ralli, p. 69. 

 a (Mansfield) 1839. b (Green) 1849. 

 A South- African species. 



2890. Metopidius indicus. 



Parra indica, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 765 : Schl. Mus. Pays- 

 Bas, Ealli, p. 67. 



Metopidius indicus, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 708. 

 a, b India (Havell) 1839. c. 



HYDROPHASIANUS. 



Hydrophasianus, Wagler, Isis, 1832, p. 279. 



2891. Hydrophasianus chirurgus. 



Tringa chirurgus, Scop. Del. Fl. et Faun. Ins. ii. p. 92. 

 Hydrophasianus chirurgus, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 709. 

 Parra sinensis, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Ralli, p. 71 (ex Gmelin). 

 a (Havell) 1839. b India (Bt at Stevens's) 1843. c Madras 

 (T. C. Jerdon) 1845. 



FAMILY. GLAREOLID.E. 



GLAREOLA. 

 Glareola, Brisson, Orn. v. p. 141 (1760). 



2892. Glareola pratincola. 



Hirundo pratincola, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 345. 

 Glareola pratincola, Dresser, B. Eur. vii. p. 411, pi. 513. 

 Glareola torquata, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1836, p. 101 (ex Meyer). 

 Glareola limbata, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 220 (ex Ruppell). 

 a b $ Smyrna, April (H. E. Strickland) 1836. c $ 

 Kartoum, November (J. Petherick) 1848. 





