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BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



Genns PLUVIALIS Briss. 



IPlucialis Brisson, Orn. v. p. 42, 17G0. Type P. jjluviah's (Linn.), 



The cbiet' cliaiTiCters which distiuouir-h this oenus are the 

 absence of a hiud-loe, aud the somewhat stotit bill with a 

 swollen dertrum. 



Fig. 30.— To show the fonu of the bill. 



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Fig 31. — To show the absience of the hind-toe. 



