Genus— Z 0 N I F E R . 
ZoNiFEB Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. XXIV., 
pp. 145, 154, 1896. . . . . . . . . . . . Type Z. tricolor, 
Sarciophorus Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. Vogel, p. xviii., 
1852 (not of Strickland, 1841) . . . . . . . . Type Z. tricolor. 
Labge Lapwings with short bills, long wings, no spurs, small facial wattle, 
short legs and small feet. 
The bill is short (comparatively) and stouter than in the preceding genus ; 
in front of the eye is a small oval flesh lappet but no pendant wattle. Wings 
long, with the first three primaries subequal ; only a blunt knob on the bend 
of the wing. 
Metatarsus short and apparently irregularly seutellated on the back, 
though regularly scaled in front. Toes short, and no hind toe. 
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