22 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1891. 



This egg measured 125 inches in length by 0*87 in breadth. 



Colonel Lcggc obtained the eggs in Ceylon ; Doctor Scully found 

 them in Eastern Turkestan, and Colonel Butler caught a young bird, 

 unable to fly, on the sandy plain at Jashk, just outside our limits. 



849.— THE INDIAN RINGED PLOVER. 



JEgialitis (labia, Scop. 



The Indian Ringed Plover occurs in suitable places (that is, along 

 the banks of rivers and on the shores of the lakes) throughout the 

 Presidency. 



It is stated to be a permanent resident, but I cannot help thinking 

 that some mistake has been made, as both myself and others have 

 found that all the eggs of the Ringed Plovers, taken by us, have 

 unmistakably belonged to the next species. 



850.— THE LESSER RINGED PLOVEE. 



JEgialitk minuta, Pall. 



This is, I believe, the Common Ringed Plover of Western India, 

 and occurs in similar places to the last. It is a permanent resident, 

 breeding abundantly during March and April. There is no nest ; the 

 eggs, three in number, are placed on the sand, in the bed of a river ; 

 they are oval in shape, much pointed at one end, and are of a yellowish 

 stone-colour, marked with thin scratchy streaks of blackish-brown. 



They measure 12 inches in length by about 0*83 inches in 

 breadth. 



These tiny plovers exhibit great anxiety if any one approaches the 

 spot where they have incubated eggs or young- : a detailed account of 

 this is given in the 1st volume of the Society's Journal, page 57. 



Decsa, March. II. E. Barnes. 

 Nccmuch, March and April. Da. 



W. Khandesh, Do. J. Davidson, C.8. 



Baroda, April. II. Littlcdalc, B.A. 



855.-THE RED-WATTLED LAPWING. 



Lobivanellus indicus, Bodd. 



The Red-wattled Lapwing is common in the vicinity of rivers, 

 tanks, and marshes throughout the Presidency. 



