The Key to Scientific Names
- Microsarcops
(Charadriidae; syn. Vanellus † Grey-headed Lapwing V. cinereus) Gr. μικροσαρκος mikrosarkos with little flesh < μικρος mikros little; σαρξ sarx, σαρκος sarkos flesh; ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos face; "Key to the Genera ... b. With no spur on the wing; a wattle on the lores ... f 1. No crest; a small hind toe and claw; wattle minute . . . .8. MICROSARCOPS, p. 133. ... 8. MICROSARCOPS. Range. Eastern Siberia, south to British Burma and Eastern Bengal. 1. Microsarcops cinereus" (Sharpe 1896); "Microsarcops Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 24, 1896, p. 123 (in key), p. 133. Type, by monotypy, Pluvianus cinerea Blyth." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 237).