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SQUATAROLA. — STAGONOPLEURA. 
SaUATAROLA (Charadriidao) Cuvier, Règne anim. 1817. 1. 467. — Gray, 
Geiuia lîirds III. 542. — Bairl», Birds NAmer. G96. = Charadrius Lin. 
A nuliinciitaly hind toe. Legs reticulated with elongated hexagones anteriorly, 
of which there are live or six in a transverse row; fewer behind. First primary 
longest. Tail slightly rounded. 
australis Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLIIL 417. = Charadrius varius 
NiTZSCII. 
cincta Jardine, Illustr. Ornith. Tb. 110. = Charadrius modestus Lichtst. 
cinerea Fleming, brit. Anim. 111. = Charadrius varius Nitzsch. 
fusca Gould, Voy. Beagle Birds 126. = Charadrius varius Nitzsch. 
* grisea Leacii, Cat. brit. Mus. 29. = Charadrius varius Nitzsch. 
helvetica Cuvier, Règne anim. 1817. = Charadrius varius Nitzsch. 
megarhyncha Brehm, Naumannia 1855. 289. = Charadrius varius Nitzsch. 
melanogaster Malherbe, Faun. Sicil. 166. = Charadrius varius Nitzsch. 
modesta Lichtenstein, Verz. Doubl. 71. — Charadrius modestus Lichtst. 
rhynchomega Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLIIL 416. = Charadrius varius 
Nitzsch. 
TJrvillei Gray. = Charadrius modestus Lichtst. 
varia Brehm, Vögel Deutschi. 553. = Charadrius varius Nitzsch. 
Wilson! Lichtenstein, Nomencl. 95. = Charadrius varius Nitzsch. 
STACHYRIS (Brachypteryginae) Hodgson, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1844. XIIL 
379; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1845. 22. = Timelia Horsf. 
Synon.: Cilathora, Strachyris Hodgs. — Strachyrhis Agass. 
Bill as long as head, strong and straight, elongate-conic, much compressed; 
towards base much higher than broad, with its ridge elevated and keeled between 
the large nareal fosses; rounded forwards, and the tips either straight, entire and 
depressed, or the upper one suddenly inclined, with remote notch; gape smooth; 
frontal plumes rigid and concealing the base of the bill; nares placed at fore end 
of the fosse, and covered by a salient arched incumbent scale, which closes the 
aperture forwards; tongue narrow, simple, with bifid jagged tip; wings short, 
bowed, perfectly rounded; tail moderate, gradated, rather cuneate than fan shape, 
and either frayed or subrigid; feet suited to creeping and clinging; tarse elevate 
and strong, longer than central toe and nail, and nearly or quite smooth; toes 
short, depressed, unequal, basally connected; hind large and equal to outer fore 
toe; nails repent and Parian. 
chrysaeus Hodgson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1845. 23. — Timelia chrysaea. 
flammiceps Hodgson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1845. 23. — Farus ßammiceps Burt. 
larvata Gray, Handl. Birds I. 315. = Timelia larvata. 
nigriceps Hodgson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1845. 22. = Timelia nigriceps. 
praecognitus Swinhoe, Ibis 1866. 310. = Timelia praecognitus. 
pyrrhops Hodgson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1845. 23. = Timelia pyrrhops. 
riificeps Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1847. 452. — Timelia ruficeps. 
rufifrons Hume, Stray Feathers I. 479. — Pegu. 
STACTOLAEMA Anchietae Marshall, Capit. III. — Megalaema Anchietae Boc. 
STAGNICOLA Brehm, Vögel Deutschlds. 1831. 702. = Gallinula chloropus Lath. 
Der zusammengedrückte kegelförmige Schnabel läuft hinten in eine nackte 
Stirnplatte aus, hat scharfe etwas gezähnelte Schneiden und in der sehr grossen 
Nasenfurche breit ritzenförmige Nasenlöcher; die mittelhohen starken, etwas über 
der Ferse nackten Füsse haben fast ganz gekrümmte, lange, an der Sohle breite, 
unbelappte Zehen. In den stumpfen breiten Flügeln ist die dritte Schwinge die 
längste. Der kurze Schwanz hat 12 Steuerfedern. 
STAGONOPLEURA Reichenbach, nat. Syst. 1850. Tf. 75; ausländ. Singvögel 20. 
= Amadina Swains. 
Schnabel rechtwinklig in die Stirn eintretend, Nasenlöcher gänzlich verdeckt, 
Firste platt, Höhe, Breite und Länge fast gleich. Schwingen 2. 3. 4. fast gleich 
und längste, 2. — 5. kaum kürzer, Hinterschwingen alle kürzer, Schwanz weit 
