| 472. Hiaticula bicincta | Vol. VI. Pl. 16. |
| 473. Hiaticula ruficapilla | Vol. VI. Pl. 17. |
| 474. Hiaticula monacha | Vol. VI. Pl. 18. |
| 475. Hiaticula inornata, Gould | Vol. VI. Pl. 19. |
| 476. Hiaticula nigrifrons | Vol. VI. Pl. 20. |
Genus Erythrogonys, Gould.
Generic characters.
Bill longer than the head, straight, rather depressed; nostrils basal, linear; wings long and powerful, the first feather the longest; tertiaries nearly as long as the primaries; tail short and nearly square; legs long; toes four in number, slender, the hind-toe extremely diminutive and free, the outer toe united to the middle one nearly to the first joint; thighs naked above the knee.
The single species of this genus appears to be strictly Australian, for I have never seen examples from any other country.
| 477. Erythrogonys cinctus, Gould | Vol. VI. Pl. 21. |
In structure, actions and economy this elegantly formed bird is very nearly allied to the Hiaticulæ on the one hand, and the Schœnicli on the other.
Genus Glareola, Briss.
I have for many years questioned the propriety of placing the Pratincoles in the same group with the Plovers, or even in the same order, believing them as I do to be a terrestrial form of the Fissirostral birds. Linnæus placed them near the Swallows, and I think he was right in so doing; and Mr. Blyth, one of the most philosophical of ornithologists, entertains, I believe, the same opinion; but as nearly all other writers have placed them with the Charadriadæ, I have adopted their view of the subject, and have accordingly retained them in that group.
Species of this genus inhabit India, the Indian Islands, Europe and Africa.