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VANELLUS. 



Diagnosis. 



VANELLUS MELANOPTERUS. 



BUF PELL'S LAPWLNG. 



Vanelltjs halluce nullo : calcari irnllo : pedibus rufis : primariarum tectricibus nigris. 



Variations. No local races of this species are known. 



Synonymy. 



Literature. 



Charadrius melanopterus, Cretzschmar, Rilpp. Atlas, p. 46 (1826). 



Cbaradrius spixii^ Wagler, Syst. Av. p. 57 (1827). 



Charadrius lugubris^ Lesson, Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 328 (1828). 



Hoplopterus spixii {Wagl.), Gray, Genera of Birds, hi. p. 542 (1847). 



Charadrius frontalis^ Sundevall, CEfv. Vet. Handl. 1850, p. 110. 



Stephauibyx spixi {Wagl.), Bonap. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 419 (1856). 



Vanellus melanopterus {Cretzschm.) , Gurney, Ibis, 1860, p. 217. 



Vanellus spixii {Wagl.), Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bos, Cursores, p. 63 (1865). 



Chettusia melanopterus {Cretzschm.), Finsch §• Hartlaub, Vog. Ost-Afr. iv. p. 638 (1870). 



Hoplopterus melanopterus {Cretzschm.), Gray, Hand-l. Birds, iii. p. 13 (1871). 



Plates. — Cretzschm. Riippell's Atlas, pi. xxxi. 

 Habits.— Heuglin, Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 1010. 

 Eggs. — Sharpej Layard^s Birds S. Africa, p. 669. 



