Genus — E L S E Y A . 
Smallest Plovers with long Vanelline bills, long wings, and long tail ; slender 
legs and feet. 
The biU is very long for the VaneUine-billed group of Ping-Plovers, being 
only exceeded by that of the genus Thinornis : it is almost as long as the 
tarsus and exceeds the middle toe. The wing is long with the first primary 
longest. The tail is long and rounded, about half the length of the wing. 
The tarsus is short and slender ; the scafing is indistinct and shows a 
strong tendency to fusion : it does not show the regular hexagonal scafing 
of Ghamdrius. The toes are long and slender and the outer one is connected 
with the middle one by a web near the base. No hind toe. 
