CHARADRIN^. 
hi  slender,  the  outer  toe  longer  than  the  inner,  and  united  by  a membrane  at  the  base ; the 
extremely  small,  and  free. 
The  type  of  +Vi‘  • 
'^^nhs  of  • genus  is  found  in  Australia,  where  it  frequents  the  borders  of  the  inland  lagoons,  muddy  flats,  and 
is  f the  wet  seasons,  seeking  its  food,  which  consists  chiefly  of  insects.  It  is  usually  observed  in  pairs, 
tar  from  being  shy. 
E.  cinctus  Gould,  Syn.  Austr.  B.  pi Vanellus  ruflventris  Less. 
Hoplopterus  Fr.  Bonap 
* 
^ill 
sides  '^*^'^®t‘ate  and  slender,  with  the  basal  portion  of  the  culmen  depressed  and  the  tip  vaulted,  the 
extend  ^tid  grooved  ; the  nostrils  lateral,  basal,  and  placed  in  the  upper  lateral  groove,  which 
the  fi  . thirds  the  length  of  the  bill,  with  the  opening  linear.  Wings  long  and  pointed ; with 
bpoad  ^ ^ tiearly  as  long  as  the  second  and  third,  which  are  equal  and  longest.  Tail  moderate. 
and 
are  ®''^en.  Tarsi  much  longer  than  the  middle  toe,  and  covered  in  front  with  larger  scales,  which 
lon»p  divided  in  the  middle.  Toes  three,  more  or  less  long  and  slender ; with  the  outer  toe 
front  of  th  the  hind  toe  wanting;  the  claws  small,  compressed,  and  slightly  curved.  The 
i^luut  + ^ sometimes  more  or  less  lobed,  and  the  wings  sometimes  armed  with  an  acute  spine  or 
tubercle. 
The 
t®  thogp  pf  this  division  are  found  in  Africa,  Asia,  and  South  America.  Their  manners  and  habits  are  similar 
the  last  genus. 
t’  H. 
P''.  Bonap.,  Briss.  Orn.  v.  t.  7-  f.  2. ; 
“''aucelii  Gray,  111.  Ind.  Zool.  pi.  .;  Ch. 
0-  "^Charaar:  ^ "O  Edwards’s  Birds,  pi.  47.  280.,  PI.  enl. 
pj**‘  t 6.  g ®Pinosus  var.  (3.  Linn.  Descr.  de  I’Egypte, 
Ooula  tnelasomus  Swains.  B.  of  W.  Afr.  ii. 
H.  “t  Eur.  pi.  293. 
5 S' 
■-  <^y<^nus  ®.  of  W.  Afr.  ii.  p.  239- 
V ath.)  P].  enl.  833.  — Charadrius  stolatus 
6.  H, 
Gn,ei_  ? ""’■""afu, 
enl.  800.  — Charadrius  atricapillus 
7.  H.  armatus  (Jarti.  & Selby),  111.  Orn.  pi.  54. — Charadrius 
alhiceps  Temm.  PI.  col.  526. 
8.  H.  fectus  (Bodd.)  PI.  enl.  834 Charadrius  pileatus  Gmel.  ; 
Type  of  Sarciophorus  Strickl.  (1841). 
9.  H.  tricolor  (Vieill.)  Nouv.  Diet,  de  I’Hist.  Nat.  xxxv.  p.  147. 
— Charadrius  pectoralis  Cuv. 
10.  H.  raaloftaWcus  (Bodd.)  PI.  enl.  880 Charadrius  bilohus 
Gmel. 
11.  H.  Spixii  (Wagl.)  Syst.  Av.  Charad.  sp.  7.  — Charadrius 
lugubris  Less. 
12.  H.  rit^coWia  (Licht.)  Isis,  1829- p- 653. 
13.  H.  myops  (Less.)  Tr.  d’Ornith.  p.  546. 
^ill 
bear! 
^^Pfessed 
Squatarola  Cuv.'\ 
y Jts  long  as  the  head,  more  or  less  strong  and  straight,  with  the  basal  portion  of  the  culmen 
tt^^bdibjgj,  bpical  part  strong,  vaulted,  and  curved,  the  sides  compressed  and  grooved  on  both 
gonys  short  and  ascending  ; the  nostrils,  basal,  lateral,  linear,  and  placed  in  the  groove 
the 
Pri 
established  this  genus  in  1831.  PUlomachus  G.  R.  Gray  (1840)  and  Acanthopteryx  of  Leach  MSS.  are 
of  Mr.  Strickland  (1841). 
this  division  in  181?  (Regne  Animal,  p.  467.).  Vanellus  Moehring  (1752)  is  synonymous. 
