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VANELLUS LEUCURUS. 



WHITE-TAILED LAPWING. 



Vanellus Cauda omnino alba. 



No local races of this species are known. 



Charadrius leucurus, Lichtenstein, Verz. Doubl. Mies. Berlin, p. 70 (1823). 

 Vanellus villotaei, Audouin, Eccpl. Savign. PI. Ois. Eyypte, p. 297 (1826). 

 Vanellus flavipes, Savigny,fide Cuvier, Regne An. i. p. 503 (1829). 

 Vanellus grallarius, Lesson, Traite d'Orn. p. 542 (1831). 

 Vanellus leucurus (Licht.), Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xiii. p. 387 (1844). 

 Lobivanellus leucurus {Licht.), Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 261 (1849). 

 Vanellus aralensis, Eversmann, Bull. Acad. Mosc. 1853, pt. ii. p. 497. 

 Chettusia leucura (Licht.), Bonap. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 419 (1856). 

 Chettusia flavipes (Sav.), Gray, Hand-list Birds, iii. p. 11 (1871). 

 Chettusia villotaei (Audouin), Shelley, Birds of Egypt, p. 233 (1872). 



Diagnosis. 



Variations. 



Synonymy. 



Plates. — "Wright, Ibis, 1865, pi. x. ; Dresser, Birds of Europe, vii. pi. 529. 

 Habits. — Dresser, Birds of Europe, vii. p. 531. 

 Eggs. — Unknown. 



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