CHARADRIIDjE. 601 



2934. Vanellus occidentalis. 



Vanellus occidentalis, Harting, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 451. 

 a Chili (Arthur Strickland') 1850. 



HOPLOPTERUS. 



Hoplopterus, Bonaparte, Sagg. Distr. An. Vertebr. p. 56 

 (1831). 



2935. Hoplopterus spinosus. 



Charadrius spinosus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 256. 

 Hoplopterus spinosus, Dresser, B. Eur. vii. p. 539, pi. 530. 

 Charadrius persicus, Bonn. Tabl. Enc. Me'th. p. 21. 

 Hoplopterus persicus, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 221. 

 a (Mansfield) 1839. b Kordofan (J. Petherick) 1848. 



2936. Hoplopterus ventralis. 



Charadrius ventralis, Wagl. Syn. Av. fol. 4, p. 11. 

 Hoplopterus ventralis, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 650. 

 a (Arthur Strickland) 1850. 

 An Indian species. 



2937. Hoplopterus cay anus. 



Charadrius cayanus, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 749. 

 Hoplopterus cayanus, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 591. 

 a (Gardner) 1846. 6 Para (8. Stevens) 1849. 

 b is from Mr A. R. "Wallace's collection. 



LOBIVANELLUS. 



Lobivanellus, Strickland, P. Z. S. 1841, p. 33. 



2938. Lobivanellus indicus. 



Vanneau arme, de Goa, DAub. PI. Enl. 807, unde, 

 Tringa indica, Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 50. 

 Parra goensis, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 706. 

 Lobivanellus goensis, Strickl. 1. s. c.: Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 648. 

 a India (Askew) 1834. b Malacca (Capt. Nash) 1837. c 

 Nepal (B. H. Hodgson, 228) 1845. 



