. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . cha collari albo ornata,: secundariarum pogoniis externis omnino griseis. Diagnosis. This species is only known from a single example. Glareola emini, Shelley, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887, Nov. Pl at es .—Unfi —Ud —Unknown. Variations. Synonym y. Literature. This species appears to be quite distinct from G. nuchalis, though it resembles it in Specific cha- r rioters having a white nuchal collar. It is a larger bird, with the wing measuring more than0 inches f
. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . cha collari albo ornata,: secundariarum pogoniis externis omnino griseis. Diagnosis. This species is only known from a single example. Glareola emini, Shelley, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887, Nov. Pl at es .—Unfi —Ud —Unknown. Variations. Synonym y. Literature. This species appears to be quite distinct from G. nuchalis, though it resembles it in Specific cha- r rioters having a white nuchal collar. It is a larger bird, with the wing measuring more than0 inches from the carpal joint, and has no white on the outer web of the secondaries. Inthe latter character it resembles G. megapoda, which also very nearly approaches it in size;but as that species has a rufous nuchal collar it may be regarded as quite distinct, thoughit is possible that the young of the two species may resemble each other very closely. It was discovered by Dr. Emin Bey near Lake Albert Nyanza in Central Africa. There can be little doubt, that it is nearest related to G. megapoda. Nearest CHAPTEE XVI. Subfamily Dias Charadriid^e digito externo cum medio ad basin membrana counexo : naribus ultra partem quartamrostri ab basi non extensis. Charactersof sub-family. Climatic dis-tribution. The Totaninas may be diagnosed as follows:— Charadriidas having the outer and middle toes united by a web at the base; andhaving the nasal aperture situated within the basal fourth of the bill. About sixty birds belonging to this subfamily possess both these characters; but theresemblance between one of them, Ereunetespmillus, and a species in the next subfamily,Tringa minutilla, is so close that it is difficult to believe that they are not more nearlyrelated to each other than each of them is to their respective congeners, in which case thefirst character of the subfamily must be regarded as denoting analogy rather than affinity. The subfamily of Totaninae is un
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