VANELLUS. 



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It IS nearest related to K cayennensis and V. occidentalis, having, like them, a great Nearest 

 deal of white on the wing-coverts. It has, however, lost its hind toe, and has acquired a ^^^"" 

 very small spur, which is not visible above the feathers in immature birds 



VANELLUS CAYANUS. 



LITTLE WHITE-WINGED LAPWING. (Plate X.) 

 Vanellus alis calcaratis : halluce nullo : secundariis fere omnino albis : pedibus pallidis. 



No local races of this species are known. 



Charadrius cayanus, Latham, Index Orn. ii. p. 749 (1790). 



Charadrius stolatus, Wagler, Syst. Av. p. 59 (1827). 



Philomachus cayanus {Lath.), Gould, Zool. Voy. Beagle, iii. p. 127 (1841). 



Hoplopterus cayanus {Lath.), Gray, Genera of Birds, iii. p. 542 (1847) . 



Hoploxypterus cayanus {Lath.), Bonap. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 418 (1856). 



Vanellus cayanus {Lath.), Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Cursores, p. 62 (1865). 



DiaffDosis. 



Variations. 



Synonymy. 



Plates. — Planches Enl. no. 833. 



Habits. — Wied, Beitr. Nat. Brasil. iv. p. 764. 



Eggs. — Unknown. 



Literature. 



The Little White-winged Lapwing appears to be found on almost every river-side in Geographi- 

 South America. Moore obtained it in Honduras (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 63) ; Fraser tfo/'^*"^""" 

 found it in Ecuador (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p. 290); Bartlett secured it on a tributary of 



