CHETTÜSIA. — CHXONIS. 655 
CHETTUSIA (Charadriidae) Bonaparte (1839) Compt. rend. 1856. XLIII. 419. 
— Gray, Genera Birds 1849. III. 541. = Vanellus Lin. 
Synon.: Chaetusia Agass. — Choetusia Blyth. — Chetusia Gray. 
Bill moderate and more or less strong, with the culm en depressed at the 
base and vaulted at the tip, the sides compressed and gi*ooved; the nostrils lateral, 
basal, and placed in the groove of the upper mandible, which extends for two 
thirds its length, with the opening linear. Wings long and pointed, with the 
first, second and third quills nearly equal and longest. Tail moderate, broad and 
even. Tarsi much longer than the middle toe, slender and covered in front with 
divided broad scales. Toes four, the three anterior toes long and rather slender; 
the outer toe longer than the inner and united at the base; the hind toe short 
and elevated. The front of the head sometimes lobed and the wings sometimes 
armed with a spine. 
albicapilla Gray, Genera Birds III. 541. — Lobivanellus senegalus Strickl. 
aralensis Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLIII. 419. — Yanellus aralensis 
EVERSM. 
cinerea Gray, Handlist Birds III. 11. = Lobivanellus cinereus Schleg. 
crassirostris Filippi. Hartlaub, Journ. Ornithol. 1855. III. 427. = Vanellus 
crassirostris Schleg. 
cucuUata Gray, Genera Birds III. 541. = Lobivanellus tricolor Strickl. 
dominicana Gray, Genera Birds III. 541. = Vanellus dominica. 
jflavipes Gray, Handlist Birds III. 11. — Vanellus leucurus Lichtst. 
gallinacea Gray, Genera Birds III. 541. Lobivanellus lobatus Strickl. 
gregaria Gray, Genera Birds III. 541. ~ Vanellus gregarius Schleg. 
indica Gray, Genera Birds III. 541. = Lobivanellus indicus Gray. 
inornata Gray, Handlist Birds III. 11. Lobivanellus cinereus Schleg. 
lateralis Gray, Genera Birds III. 541. = Lobivanellus senegalus Strickl. 
leucura Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLIII. 419. = Vanellus leucurus 
Lichtst. 
lobata Gray, Genera Birds HI. 541. = Lobivanellus lobatus vStrickl. 
macrocera Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLIII. 419. — Vanellus crassi- 
rostris. 
macroptera Gray, Genera Birds III. 541. — Lobivanellus tricolor Strickl. 
melanocephala Gray, Genera Birds IH. 541. = Vanellus melanocephalus Rüpp. 
miles Gray, Genera Birds III. 541. = Lobivanellus miles Gray. 
personata Gray, Genera Birds HI. 541. = Lobivanellus miles Gray. 
senegalla Gray, Genera Birds HI. 541. = Lobivanellus senegalus Strickl. 
Wagleri Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLIH. 419. = Vanellus Wagleri 
Gray. 
CHIBIA (Dicrurinae) Hodgson, Ind. Review 1837. I. 324. — Dicrurus Vieill. 
Synon.: Comètes Hodgs. — Trichometopus Cab. 
casia Hodgson, Ind. Review I. 324. = Dicrurus hottentotus Horsf. 
hottentotus Strickland, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1844. XIII. 36. = Dicrurus 
hottentotus Horsf. 
CHIGCtTIERA (Falconidae) Bonaparte 1854. = Falco Lin. 
Synon.: Chiquera Bonap. 
chiquera ruficollis Gray, Handlist Birds I. 22. Falco chiquera Schjleg. 
mficollis Gray, Handlist Birds I. 22. = Falco chiquera Schleg. 
typus Bonaparte 1854. = Falco chiquera Schleg. 
GHILODROMTJS Agassiz, Ind. univ. Nomencl. = Cheilodromas Rüpp. 
CHIMERINA cornuta Eschscholtz, Zool. Atlas 1829. IIL 2. Tb. 12. = Phaleris 
monocerata. 
CHIMONEA = Cheimonea Kaup. 
CHIOCOSPINA — Chionospina Kaup. 
CHIOIVIS (Chionidae) — Forster, Enchir. hist. nat. 1788. — Gray, Genera 
Birds 1855. III. 522. 
Sy7ton.: Vaginalis Gruel. — Coelorhamphus Dum. — Coleorhamphus Gray. 
