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MESSRS. ROBINSON AND KLOSS ON 



LIMICOL/E. 



Plovers, Waders, Snipe, etc. 



, /Nostrils impervious, form swallow-iiive 

 I Nostrils pervious 



<, (Eye very larj^'e, bill extremely stout and heavy 

 " (Eye not specially large, bill not specially heavj 



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I Toes three 

 1 Toes four 



(■Bill longer than head ; plumage not 

 I strongly streaked . . 

 , Bill shorter than head ; plumage 

 [ strongly streaked . . 



( Toes and claws enomiously elongated 



Glareola p. mcddivnrnm. 



Dromaa nrdcula. 



[ Toes and claws not specially elongated 



/With frontal lappets; primaries without 

 ^ terminal processes 



With no frontal lappets ; primaries with 

 I terminal processes 



nVitli 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 



„ (Bill not much longer than head. . 

 (Bill very much longer than head 



[With the bill not markedly swollen 

 Q at the tips of mandibles 



With the bill markedly swollen 

 [ at the tips of both mandibles . . 



^« (With a spur or knob at the angle of the wing 

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



With a wattle in front of the eye 



Orthorhamphus m. scom})to2)horus. 

 OcdicncDiux ce. indicna. 



Metopidins indiciis. 

 Hydrophasianus chirurcjus. 



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With 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 

 I A complete white ring round the neck 



CBill stout; shaft of 3rd primary partly white 

 1-5 - Bill slender ; shaft of 'AvA primary dark throughout ; 

 ( wing 6. .5 inches . . 



,„ (Larger; bill from gape 1.0; wing .5. -5 inches 

 (Smaller; bill from gape 0.75 ; wing .5.0 inches 



HininiUopiis hiiiinntojins. 

 Arcnaria interpres. 



Sarcofjrnmmiis i. atronuchnlis. 

 . . Ho])lopterus ventral is. 



Squatarola helvetica. 

 Charndriua' plavialis fnlvus. 



Aeginlitis verediis. 



Acginlitis geoffrni/i. 

 Aeginlitis mongoliis. 



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black or fuscus band across the fore-breast 

 black or fuscus band across the fore-breast 



Aegialitis dubins aironicus. 



11 larger 

 Bill smaller 



Aeginlitis nh'.vandrinus denlbntus. 

 Aegialitis a. peroni. 



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