172 CHAKADEIIB^:. 



Vanellus leucurus, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xiii. p. 387 (1844) ; Gray, 

 Gen. B. iii. p. 541 (1847) ; Vierth. Naum. 1852, p. 41 ; Licht. 

 Nomencl. Av. Mus. Berol. p. 95 (1854 : Aral Lake) ; Brehm, 

 J.f. O. 1854, p. 78 ; id. 1855, pp. 365, 486 ; Hartl. Orn. West- 

 Afr. p. 211 (1857 : Senegal) ; Taylor, Ibis, 1859, p. 52 (Egypt) ; 

 Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Cursores, p. 59 (1865 : Egypt ; Senaar ; 

 Senegal) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 69 (1873 : breeding) ; Radde, 

 Orn. Cauc. pp. 44, 419 (1884 : Caspian, winter) ; Seebohm, Geogr. 

 Distr. Charadr.y. 213 (1888). 



Vanellus villototaei, Crespon, Faune Merid.ii. p. 50 (1844: He"rault). 



Lobivanellus leucurus, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 261 (1849 : 

 Calcutta). 



Squatarola leucura, Reichenb. Grallce, tab. ci. fig. 676 (1852). 



Vanellus aralensis, Eversm. Bull. Acad. Sci. Moscow, xxvi. pt. 2, 

 p. 497 (1853). 



Cbettusia leucura, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 419 (1856) ; Jaub. et Barth.- 

 Lapomm. Rich. Orn. p. 452 (1859) ; Cavafy, Ibis, 1861, p. 210 

 (Alexandria Market) : Loche, Expl. Sci. Alge~r., Ois. ii. p. 273 

 (1867 : accidental visitor) ; Dresser, B. Eur. vii. p. 531, pi. 529 

 (1871) ; Severtz. J. f. O. 1873, p. 366 (Western Turkestan) ; 

 Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 328; Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 599 

 (1882 : Kirghis Steppes) ; C. Sivinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 120 (Candahar, 

 winter) ; Bogd. Consp. Av. Imp. Ross. p. 69 (1884 : Central and 

 lower valleys of the Rivers Syr-Daria and Amu Daria, towards 

 the shores of Lake Aral ; accidental near Sarepta) ; Murray, 

 Vertebr. Faun. Sind, p. 229 (1884) ; Salvad. Elenco TJcc. Ital. 

 p. 375 (1886 : Malta) ; St. John, Ibis, 1889, p. 176 (Southern 

 Afghanistan, winter). 



Chettusia aralensis, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 419 (1856). 



Cbettusia leucura, Antin. Cat. descr. TJcc. p. 98 (1864 : Blue Nile) ; 

 Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 646 (1864) ; Wright, Ibis, 1865, pp. 459, 462, 

 466, pi. x. ; Brehm, J.f O. 1866, p. 386 ; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 165 

 (crit.) ; Deal, et Gerbe, Orn. Eur. ii. p. 146 (1867 : Herault) ; 

 Beavan, Ibis, 1868, p. 390 (Umbala) ; Wright, Ibis, 1870, p. 491 

 (Malta) ; Bree, B. Eur. iv. p. 165 (1875) ; Zarudn. Ois. Trans- 

 casp. p. 68 ( Askabad). 



Chettusia flavipes, Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 11, no. 9956 (1871) ; 

 Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. pt. 1, p. 998 (1873: Nile Delta; 

 Fayoum ; S. Kordofan) ; Hume, Str. F. i. p. 232 (1873 : Sindh ; 

 Punjab ; Oudh ; N. W. Prov. ; Rajputana) ; Adams, t. c. p. 394 

 (Sambhur) ; Butler, Str. F. iv. p. 13 (1876: Ahmedabad; Deesa), 

 v. p. 232 (1877) ; Hartert, Eat. Vogels. Senckenb. Mus. p. 215 

 (1891: Schendi). 



Vanellus (Chettusia) leucurus, Cab. J.f. O. 1873, p. 80 (Sarepta; 

 S. Russia). 



Chaetusia villotsei, Salvad. Faun. Ital., TJcc. p. 201 (1871). 



Chettusia villotaei, Shelley, B. Egypt, p. 233 (1872 : resident, Delta ; 

 Fayoum) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 280 (1876 : S. Persia ; 

 Baluchistan, not in north or on Caspian); Butler, Cat. B. Sind 

 etc. p. 58 (1879) ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 112 (1879) ; Giql. Ibis, 

 1881, p. 208 (Malta) ; Reid, Str. F. x. p. 65 (1881 : Lucknow) ; 

 Davidson, t. c. p. 319 (1882 : W. Khandeish) ; Swinh. fy Barnes, 

 Ibis, 1885, p. 132 (Kerbulla) ; Gigl. Avif. Ital. p. 375 (1886 : 

 Malta) ; id. 1st Resoc. p. 576 (1889). 



Adult male. General colour above brown, with a shade of glossy 



