148 charadriid^e. 



2. Xiphidiopterus cucullatus. 



Vanellus tricolor (nee V.), Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 186 



(1820: Java). 

 Cliaradrius macropterus, Wagl. Syst. Av., Charadrius, sp. 54, p. 77 



(1827: ex Cuv. Mus. Paris). 

 Vanellus cucullatus, Temm. PL Col. v. pi. 505 (1830: Java; Timor). 

 Tringa macropterus, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 542 (1831). 

 Lobivanellus cucullatus, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1841, p. 33 ; Fimch, Neu- 



Guinea, p. 181 (1865 : Timor ; Sumatra) ; Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. 



Charadr. p. 187 (1888). 

 Lobivanellus tricolor, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1841, p. 33; Bp. C. R. xliii. 



p. 418 (1856); ScM. Mus. Parjs-Bas, Cursores, p. 67 (1865: 



Sumatra ; Timor ; Java) ; Vorderm. Nat. Tij'dschr. Nederl. Ind. 



xliv. pp. 204, 248 (1884 : Java), xlvi. p. 21 (1886), xlix. p. 415 



(1889: Sumatra). 

 Chettusia cucullatus, Gray, List Grail. Brit. Mus. p. 65 (1844: 



Java) ; id. Gen. B. iii. p. 541 (1847). 

 Chettusia macroptera, Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 541 (1847). 

 Chettusia tricolor, Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 12, no. 9963 (1871). 



Adult (type of V. tricolor, Horsf. ). General colour above light brown, 

 including the whole of the wing-coverts and innermost secondaries ; 

 the greater coverts with slightly paler ends ; bastard-wing, primary- 

 coverts, and quills black, the secondaries with pale bases, light ashy 

 brown on the outer web and white on the inner web ; upper tail- 

 coverts and base of tail white, forming a broad band, the rest of 

 the tail black, with a band of white at the end ; crown of head and 

 nape glossy black, followed by a greyish collar round the hind neck, 

 extending over the sides of the neck and over the lower throat ; the 

 sides of the face and throat black like the head ; fore neck, breast, 

 and sides of body ashy brown or drab ; centre of the breast and 

 abdomen black ; thighs drab-brown, blackish anteriorly ; vent and 

 under tail-coverts white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries also 

 white : " bill black, light flesh-colour at the base ; an oblong white 

 lappet, dark at the point ; naked part of tibia fiery orange, changing 

 into clear yellow on the tarsus ; scales of tarsus and upper part of 

 toes dark sepia-brown ; iris brownish black " (/. Vorderman). 

 Total length 11 inches, culmen 1*65, wing 9-8, tail 33, tarsus 3-45. 



Hah. Java ; Sumatra ; Timor. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Java (Dr. Horsjield). India Museum [P.]. 



(Types of V. tricolor, Horsf.) 

 c. Ad. st. Java. Leiden Museum. 



13. SARCOGRAMMUS. _ 



Type. 



Sarcogrammus, Beichenb. Av. Syst. Nat. p. xviii (1852). . S. indicus. 



Range. From Persia eastwards to Afghanistan and the Indian 

 Peninsula to Ceylon ; Burmese countries to Cochin China, the 

 Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra. 



Key to the Species. 

 a. White band from behind the eye reaching to 

 the sides of the mantle ; no white collar round 

 the hind neck indicus, p. 149. 



