Farn. Charadriadae. — 1008 — Gen. Hoplopterus. 



Subgen. Sarciophorus, Strickl. 



Nr. 743. Hoplopterus tcctus. 



Charadrius tectus (textus), Bodd. — Charadrius pileatus, L. — 

 Gmel. Syst. Nat. I. p. 691. — Pluvier coiffS du Senegal, Buff. PI. 

 enl. 834. — Charadrius pileatus, Wagl. Syst. Av. sp. 6. — Sarci- 

 ophorus pileatus, Strickl. Ann. & Mag. 1852. p. 384. — Hartl. W. 

 Afr. Nr. 615. — Lobivanellus pileatus, Schleg. Cat. Curs. p. 65. — 

 Sarciophorus pileatus, ßiipp. Syst. Uebers. Nr. 408. — Brehm, Ha- 

 besch p. 403. — Heugl. Syst. Uebers. Nr. 572. — Heugl. Faun. 

 Roth. Meer Nr. 235. — Antin. Cat. p. 97. — Brehm, Thierl. IV. 

 p. 599. — Charadrius pileatus, Lefeb. Abyss. Ois. p. 149. — Lobi- 

 vanellus spec, Vierth. Naum. 1852. I. p. 55. — Sarciophorus tectus, 

 Blanf. Abyss. p. 430. — Sarciophorus pileatus, Pinsch Coli. Jesse p. 

 296. — Hoplopterus tectus, Gray, Handl. III. p. 13. — Vanellus pi- 

 leatus, Heugl. Peterrn. Geogr. Mitth. 1869. p. 412. — Sarciophorus 

 pileatus, Hartl. Cab. Journ. 1854. p. 217. — Heugl. Cab. Journ. 1862. 

 p. 306. & 407. — Heugl. Peterrn. Geogr. Mitth. 1869. p. 412. — 

 Licht. Nomencl. Mus. Berol. p. 95. — Hoplopterus pileatus, B,chb. 

 Grall. t. XCIX. f. 702. — Hoplopterus tectus, Gray. G. of B. 

 III. 542. 



Crista nuchali e plumis longis, strictis composita, capite su- 

 pero, loris, regione parotica, collo laterali striaque mediana jugu- 

 lari subangusta uigris ; margine frontali, mento gulaque superiore, 

 regione infra lora ad menti latera ditcta, Stria postoculari ceivi- 

 cisque macula magna subtriangulari niveis ; tergaeo reliquo e ful- 

 vido cervino-griseo , plumis obsolete fulvidius marginatis; pec- 

 tore, abdomine, subalaribus cum caudae tectricibus superioribus 

 et inferioribus pure albis; pectoris lateribus tergaei colore adum- 

 bratis; remigibus primariis nigris, basin versus albis; secundariis 

 albis, late nigro-apicatis ; alarum margine primariarumque tectricibus 

 majoribus niveis, secundariarum tectricibus tergo concoloribus, in 

 apice oblique et late albo-limbatis ; rectricibus albis, in dimidio api- 



