130 CHARADR1ID-E. 



«, b, c. Ad. sk. River Gambia (Sir A. Shelley Coll. 



Moloney). 

 d, e. Ad. et jr. sk. Abyssinia, Dr. Riippell [C.]. 



f 9 ad. sk. Anneslev Bar, June 6. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



a. <S ad. sk. Koomayli Plain, Abyssinia, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



June 4 (W. Jesse). 



h. A ad. sk. Anseba Valley, Julv. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[C.I. 



t. 2 ad. sk. Ailat, Bogos-land, June 25 Tweeddale Coll. 



( W. Jesse). 



k. Ad. sk. Shoa. Br. Riippell [C.]. 



2. Sarciophorus latifrons. 



Sarciophorus latifrons, Reich en. J. f. 0. 1881, p. 334 (Berbera) ; id. 

 Tog. Deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 36 (1894 : Teita). 



Similar to S. tectus, but having a broader white band on the 

 forehead. 



Hah. East Africa from Somali-land to the Teita district. 



I have not seen a specimen of this species, but Dr. Reichenow, in 

 answer to my enquiries, tells me that he still looks upon it as a 

 distinct form, geographically well defined. 



7. LOBIPLUVIA. 



lype. 



Lovipluvia, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 418 (1856) L. malabarica. 



Dilobus, Heine # Reichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. p. 335 



(1890) L. malabarica. 



Range. The same as that of the single species of the genus. 



1. Lobipluvia malabarica, 



Pluvier de la Cote de Malabar, D'Aubent. PL Enl. ix. pi. 880. 



Pluvier a lambeaux, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. viii. p. 160 (1781). 



Charadrius malabaricus, Bodd. Tubl. PL Enl. p. 53 ( 1783). 



Wattled Plover, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 1, p. 216 (1785). 



Charadrius bilobus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 691 (1788) ; Less. Traiti 

 d'Orn. p. 540 (1831). 



Charadrius myop^, Less. Traiti dCOrn. p. 546 (1831) ; Pucher. Rev. 

 Zool. 1851, p. 570. 



Vanellus bilobus, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 166 (Deccan) ; Jerd. Madr. 

 Joum. xii. p. 213 (1840 : India generally). 



Sarciophorus bilobus, StrickL P. Z. S. 1841, p. 33; Gray, List 

 Grail. Brit. Mus. p. 66 (1844) ; id. Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal pres. 

 Hodys. p. 132 (1846); Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 261 

 (1849 : Calcutta) ; Licht. Nomencl. Av. Mus. Berol. p. 95 (1854 : 

 Bengal) ; Irby, Ibis, 1861, p. 237 (Oudh) ; Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 649 

 (1864) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 165 ; Beavan, Ibis, 1868, p. 390 

 (Maunbhoom ; Umbala) ; Blanf. Ibis, 1870, p. 470 (Thayetmyo); 

 id. J- A. S. Bena. xl. p. 276 (1871 ; Wardha Valley) ; Stoliczka, 

 op. cit. xli. p. 251 (1872 : Kutch) ; Hayes Lloyd, Ibis, 1873, p. 416 

 (Kathiawar); Blyth, B. Burm. p. 153 (1875: Thayetmyo); 

 Morgan, Ibis, 1875, p. 323 (S. India, breeding) ; Salvin, 'Cat 



