7. LOBIPLUVIA. 131 



Slrickl. Coll. p. 602 (1882) ; Murray, Vertebr. Faun. Sind, p. 230, 



(1884). 

 Sarciophorus fuscus, Hodgs. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mas., Grail, pi. 50. 



no. 810; id. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 86 (1844). 

 Hoplopterua malabaricus, Gray, Qm. B. iii. p. 542 (1847); id. 



Hnnd-l. B. iii. p. )2, no. 9978 I 1-71). 

 Hoplopti'rus myops, Gray, Gen. B. iii. p 542 (1847). 

 Lobipluvia biloba, Bj>. C. E. xliiL p. 418 (1856). 

 Lobivanellus bilobus, Schi. Mus. Pays-Bas, Cursor 68, p. 64 (1865 : 



Nepal). 

 Sarciophorus malabaricus, Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 472 (Ceylon). 

 Lobipluvia malabarica, Hume, Nests § Eggs Ind. B. p. 577 (1873); 



Ball, Str. F. ii. p. 340 (1874: Chota Nagpnr) ; Le Messurier, 



Str. F. iii. p. 418 (1875: Sindb) ; Butler $ Hume, Str. F. iv. 



p. 14 (1876; Mount Aboo ; N. Guzerat); Butler, Str. F. v. p. 232 



(1877: Deesa, Oct. to March): Davidson 8f Wenden, Str. F. vii. 



p. 88 (1878: Deccan) ; Ball, t. c. p. 227 (Ganges to Godaverv) ; 



Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 112 (1879) ; Butler, Cat. B. Sind, etc. p.* 59 



(1879) ; id. Cat. B. S. Bomh. Pres. p. 74 (1880) ; Legqe, B. Ceylon, 



iii. p. 966 (1880); Vidal, Str. F. ix. p. 82 (1880: S. Konkan) ; 



Butler, t. c. p. 427 (Deccan); Parker, t. c. p. 4-2 (N.W. Ceylon, 



breeding); Reid, Str. F. x. p. 06 (1881: Lucknow, breeding); 



Davidson, t. c. p. 319 1 1882 : West Khandeish, breeding) ; Hume, 



t. c. p. 413 (1883; Mysore); Oates, Hundb. B. Brit. Burm. ii. 



p. 375 (1883); Strinhoe $ Barnes, Ibis, 1885, p. 133 (Mhow 



district) ; Taylor, Str. F. x. p. 405 ( 1887 : Manzeerabad, Mysore) ; 



Oates, ed. Hume's Nests $ Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 345 (1890). 

 Lobivanellua malabaricus, Seebohm, Geoyr. Distr. Charadr. p. 198 



(1888). 

 Dilobus malabaricus, Heine $■ Reichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. p. 335 



(1890). 



Adult male. General colour above light brown, the lower back 

 more dusky brown ; wing-coverts rather more ashy brown than the 

 back, the median series with narrow white edgings ; the greater 

 coverts white, with brown bases : bastard-wing, primary-coverts, 

 and quills black, the primaries white at the base of the inner web; 

 secondaries white at the base of both webs, the white increasing 

 towards the inner secondaries, until the black forms only a 

 gradually diminishing mark at the end, and finally disappears, 

 leaving the inner quills of this series entirely white; the innermost 

 secondaries brown like the back ; rump and upper tail-coverts pure 

 white ; tail-feathers for the most part pure white, the centre 

 feathers with a median shade of light brown, followed by a 

 broad black baud before the tip, which is also light brown ; 

 remainder of the tail-feathers pure white, and with broad white 

 ends, lief ire which the black band is more or less strongly deve- 

 loped, but diminishes in extent towards the outer feathers, the two 

 outermost being entirely white ; crown of head and nape glossy 

 black ; sides of face, sides of neck, throat, and fore-neck light ashy 

 or drab-brown ; a narrow band of white above the ear-coverts ; 

 chin black, extending a little way on the upper throat; tho brown 

 of the fore-neck bordered below by a band of black ; remainder of 

 under surface of bodv pure white, including the under wing-coverts 



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