Genus— L O B I B Y X . 
Lobibyx Heine, Nomencl. Mus. Hein., p. 334, 1890 . . Type L. novce-hollandice. 
Lohivanellus Eeichenbach, Nat. Syst., Vogel, p. xviii., 
1852 (not of Strickland, 1841) . . . . . . Type L. novce-hollaTidice. 
Labge Lapwings with facial pendant wattles, long spurs at the bend of the wing, 
long bills, long wings and long legs with small feet. 
The bill is typically Vanelline : in front, above and behind the ejms a 
fleshy wattle which developes into a long pendant lappet in front. The wing 
is long with the first three primaries about equal ; on the bend of the wing 
a long sharp spur occurs which is smaller in the female. The legs are long 
and the feet small, the metatarsus being over twice the length of the middle 
toe ; the metatarsus is transversely scaled in front, and in mature specimens 
apparently similarly covered behind. 
In the Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum, Vol. XXIV., the 
genus Lohivanellus contained two Australian species and two African species. 
In the Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 4, 1911, I showed that Lohivanellus could 
not be used for this group as it must be restricted to the group called 
Sarcogrammus in that work. The erroneous usage of Lohivanellus had been 
previously pointed out by Gray (1871) and Seebohm (1887), and consequently 
Heine had provided Lohihyx for the group under consideration. As the type 
of Lohihyx was the Australian L. lohatus {=novce-hollandicB), I did not examine 
at that time the African species associated with the Australian. 
Upon examining the African birds I find they differ at sight in their 
longer metatarsi and their weaker feet. As a closely- allied genus, Xiphidi- 
opterus, was also credited with one African species and one Malayan species, 
it seemed necessary to look at these, when a parallel case was observed, the 
African species having a longer metatarsus and weaker feet than the Malayan. 
Moreover in general coloration the African Tjohihyx and the African Xiphidi- 
opterus are similar and both have green legs and feet, while the Austrahan 
Lohihyx and the Malayan Xiphidiopterus agree better in general coloration 
and both have purple-red legs and feet. The artificiality of Sharpe’s grouping 
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