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hind-neck white, as also the throat, abdomen, axillaries^ under 

 wino-coverts, under tail-coverts, base or tail, upper tail-coverts, 

 greater upper wing-coverts, and secondaries. " Bill pink at the 

 base, reddish brown at the tip ; feet and toes pink ; eyelid and 

 iris pink" (//. Whitdij). 



Total length 206 mm., culmen 27, wing 137, tail 61, tarsus 49. 



Adult female. Similar in colour of plumage but apparently 

 larger in size. Wing 112 mm. 



The male described was collected at the Upper Takutu Moun- 

 tains. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Upper Takutu Mountains, Great 

 Savannas [McConnell collection) ; Mount Roraima, Ourunei (//. 

 M'^hitelg) ; Takutu River (^ScJiomburgk). 



E.vtralimital Range. Surinam (Penard), Ecuador, Peru, South 

 Brazil. 



Habits. Respecting this bird Schomburgk (Reis. Gnian. iii. 

 p. 750) says that he found this beautiful species common, though 

 always in pairs, on the Takutu River. Its habits of nidification 

 were unknown to him. The " Macusis '^ call it Terlhei. 



Mr. J. J. Quelch (Timehri (2) x. p. 271) gives the following 

 note : — " The Spur-wing Plover iUolopterus cai/anvs), this species 

 is much more commonly met with on the coast in the winter 

 months, though it remains with us throughout the year, being 

 especially abundant along the interior streams." 



Genus BELONOPTERUS Reichenb. 



Belonopterus Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. Vogel, p. xx (20), 1852. Type 

 B. cayennensis (Gmel.). 



The characters by which this genus is differentiated are the 

 large size, elongated occipital crest, and the presence of a hind-toe. 



63. Belonopterus cayennensis. 

 Cayenne Lapwing. 



Belonopterus roi/fiiiirntt/s (Gmel.), Syst. Nat. i. ]). 70(5, 17^0 (Cayt'iuie) ; 



SliariJC, Cat. B. Rrit. Mas. xxiv. p. IG.'i, ISDO (C^uon^jfa, Aunai ); 



Quelcli, Tiin.'liri (2 j x. p. 271, 1S9G ; 13rab()urnf& Chubb, 13. S. Auier. 



i. p. lih, no. .371, U)\2. 

 VancUus c(ti/enncnsis ('wh. \x\ '6i:\\on\h. Kcis. Guian. iii. p. 750, 181S; 



