LiMicor,^ 313 



6^. Bill slender and pointed, shorter than 



the tarsus but twice the length of the 



head Himantopas, p. 380. 



(:'. Bill short and stout, not as long as the 



head (Edicnemas, p. 315. 



B. Tarsus clothed with transverse scutes anteriorly, 



reticulate posteriorly. 

 a. No hind toe ; facial wattles and a carpal spine 



present Xi]]hidiopterus,Tp.diS. 



h. Hind toe present. 

 a'. Bill with a distinct dertrum. 



a'. Facial wattles and a strong carpal spine Lobivanellus, p. 345. 

 6'. No facial wattles, but a strong carpal 



spine Hemiparra, p. 350. 



6'. BUI with no dertrum. 

 a'. BiU straight and conical, about as long 



as the head Arenaria, p. 342. 



6'. Bill far longer than the head and down- 

 curved Namenius, p. 385. 



C. Tarsus with transverse scutes before and behind. 

 a. A web between the anterior toes more or less 



developed, 

 a'. No hind toe. 

 a^. Bill with the lower mandible down- 

 curved, in correspondence with the 



upper Ctirsoriiis, p. 322. 



6^. Bill with the lower mandible not down- 

 curved Rldnopitilus, p. 326. 



6'. Hind toe present. 

 a-. Bill stout and strong, longer than the 

 head ; tarsus long, more than twice the 



length of the middle toe and claw Droiiias, p. 320. 



6*. Bill stout and very short, about half the 

 length of the head ; tarsus short, hardly 

 longer than the middle toe and claw. 

 a\ Tail strongly forked, outer tail feathers 



half as long again as the inner ones ... Glareola, p. 332. 

 6^. Tail nearly square, outer tail feathers 

 only slightly longer than the inner 



ones Galactochrysea,']^.B36. 



c"-. BiU long and slender, about as long as 

 the head, or longer ; tarsus moderate, 

 never twice the length of the middle toe 

 and claw. 



0?. Sexes of equal size rotemts, p. 389. 



6^. Male with a remarkable sexual breed- 

 ing dress, and always larger than the 

 female Pavoncella, p. 401. 



