160 SAECIOPHORUS.— HOPLOPTERUS. 



Genus SAROIOPHORUS. 



<rapKi.6v=a little bit of flesh ; <popioj=l carry. 



No hind toe. Head more or less crested. Wattles in front of the eyes. Second 

 quill longest. Tarsus with transverse shields in front. 



152. Sarciophorus malabaricus. The Yellow-wattled Lapwing. 



Zirdo, India; Chitawa (Telugu) ; Jithiri, N.W.P.; Alkali (Tamil). 



$ 9 J". $ 10 J". Legs yellow. Bill yellow, black tip. Crown, chin, and 

 nape black. Sides of head, neck, upper breast, back, scapulars, tertiaries, and 

 wing-coverts pale ashy. Below from breast white. Resident throughout India 

 and Ceylon. Four eggs (145 x 1-07), buff, blotched brown. (J. 856. B. 1433.) 



Also with no hind toe : — 



S. tectus. 10". With crimson bill and feet. From Africa. 



S. latifrons. Similar to S. tectus. From E. Africa. 



Also the genus Zonifer. One species — Z. tricolor, lOJ", from Australia and Tasmania. 



Also the genus Anomalophrys. One species — A. superciliosus, lOi", from W. Africa. 



(iii.) With loing-^ur and no facial wattle. 



Genus HOPLOPTERUS. 



Head crested. No hind toe. Wing with horny black spur. Second quill 

 longest. Tarsus reticulated throughout. Found in S.E. Europe, Africa, India, 

 Burma, to Cochin China and Hainan. 



153. Hoplopterus ventralis. The Indian Spur-winged Plover. 



Ventrdlis, adj. =a belly-hand. 



^ llj". §12^". Legs red-black. BiU black. Head, crest, and broad band 

 down throat black. Abdomen white, with broken black band. Central Provinces, 

 Bengal, and Orissa, Assam, Burma, to S. China. Four eggs (1-45 x 1-07), yellow, 

 blotched brown. (J. 857. B. 1435.) 



Also -without hind toe : — 



H. spinosus. 12". From S.E. Europe, Palestine, and Africa. 

 -H". speciosus. 11". From Africa. 



Also the genus Belonopterus. Two species from S. America — £. cayennensis, ISJ"; and 

 B. chilensis, <J 14i", 9 15i". 



Also the genus Hoploicypterus. One species — H. cayanus, £ S", 9 9i", from C. and S. America. 

 Also the genuB Ptilascelis. One species — P. respUndens, 13", from S. America. 



(iv. ) With loing-spur and facial wattle. 



The genus Lobivanellus. Four species — Z. lobatus, 14", from Australia; L. miles, 12i", from 

 Australia, New Guinea, and Papua ; L. senegalus, 12", from W. Africa ; and L. lateralis, 12", 

 from S.E. Africa. 



The genus Xiphiodopterus. Two species — X. albiceps, 11", from "W. Africa ; and X. cucullatuSy 

 11", from Java, Sumati'a, and Timor. 



Subfamily H^matopodinjE. Oystee-Catchers, Stilts, Atocets, 



and Ibis-bills. 



Bill long. Plumage black or pied. Tarsus reticulated. No distinct summer 

 plumage. No hind toe (Recurvirostra excepted). 



