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VANELLUS. 



Nearest 

 allies. 



It is the Oriental representative of V. gregarius and V. leucurus, agreeing with the 

 former in having black on the crown and belly, and with the latter in having black on the 

 wing-coverts. 



*3j* Subgefieric group Hoplopteri : with no hind toe. 

 ft South- American Species. 



Diagnosis. 



Yariations. 



KSynonymy. 



Literature. 



Specific 

 characters. 



Geographi- 

 cal distribu- 

 tion. 



VANELLUS RESPLENDENS. 



PEEUVIAN LAPWING. 



Vanbllus halluce nullo : tectricibus splendide iridescentibus. 



No local race of this species is known. 



Charadrius resplendens, Tschudi, Wiegm. Arch. 1843, p. 388. 



Vanellus resplendens (Tschudi),^ 



Vanellus ptiloscelis, j ^'"'^^Z, Genera of Birds, m. p. o41 (1 847) . 



Ptiloscelys resplendens {Tschudi), Bonap. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 419 (1856). 



Plates. — Gray, Gen. Birds, iii. pi. 145. 



Habits. — Fraser, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 556; Fraser, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p. 82. 



Eggs. — Unknown. 



The Peruvian Lapwing is the only bronze-wi^iged Lapwing with no hind toe or without 

 black on the head. 



It inhabits the Andes of Ecuador (Fraser), Peru (Taczanowski, Orn. Perou, iii. p. 336), 

 and the extreme north of Chili (Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1886, p. 403), where it is found 

 on the plateaus ten thousand feet above the level of the sea. 



