ERYTHROGONYS. 
Brit. Mus.^ pt. m., p. 19, 1871) placed OreopJiilus in his family Glareolidce, 
next to the genus Cursorius. 
The wing of a Lapwing has a rounded appearance when contrasted with 
that of a Plover ; in the latter the first primary is always the longest, and a 
regular gradation of the primaries is noticeable ; in the Lapwing the first 
primary is rarely longest — but if it is, the succeeding two or three are sub- 
equal, and consequently the wing never has the pointed aspect of that 
of a Plover. 
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