100 BIRDS OF BRITISH OUT ANA. 



Genus HOPLOXYPTERUS Bonap. 



Soploxyptervs Bonaparte, Compt. Kend. Paris, xliii. p. 41o, 1856. Type 

 H. cay anus (Lath.). 



This genus is distinguished by its black and white coloration, 

 small size, the small spur on the carpal joint of the wing, and the 

 absence of a hind-toe. 



Fig. 27. — To .show the absence of hind-toe. 



C2. Hoploxypterus cayanus. 

 Spl'r-wixged Plover. 



Hoploxypterus cayanus (Lath.), Ind. Om. ii. p. 749, 1700 CCavenne) ; 



Shaqx-, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 1.3-5, 1896 (Ourumij ; Quelch, 



Tiiuehri (2) x. p. 271, 1896 ; Bra bourne & Chubb, B. S. Auier. i. 



p. .38, no. 369, 1912. 

 Hoplojjterus cayanus Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guian. iii. ]). 750, 1848; 



Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 177 (Koraiiua). 



Adult male. Nape, middle of l>ack. ujiper wing-coverts, and 

 innermost secondaries earth-brown ; forehead, sides of face, a 

 band across the breast, primary-quills and tips of outer secondaries, 

 a patch on the lower hind-neck black like the scapulars and tips 

 of the tail-feathers; crown of head, sides of nape, and up[)er 



