21. CHiETUSIA. 175 



Distr. Charadr. p. 211 (1888); Saunders, Man. Brit. B. p. 537 

 (1889 : Lancashire) ; Irlnj, Key List Brit. B. 2nded. p. 49 (1892). 



Vanellus ventralis (nee Wagl.), Jerd. Madr. Journ. xii. p. 214, 

 no. 366 (1840: teste Jerdon). 



Chettusia gregaria, Bp. Iconoyr. Faun. Ital. Introd. p. 17 (1841) ; 

 Gray, List Grail. Brit. Mus. p. 64 (1844) ; id. Gen. B. iii. p. .541 

 (1847) ; Licht. Nomenel A r. Mus. Berol. p. 95 (1864 : Aral Lake) ; 

 Irby, It/is, 1861, p. 238 (Oudb, Jan. to March) ; Jerd. B. Ind. iii. 

 p. 644 (1864: Jalna, Deccan ; Mhow, 0, India ; Loodiana) ; Degl. 

 et Gerbe, Orn. Bur. ii. p. 144 (1867) : Fritsch, Vdg. Fur. tab. 33. 

 fig. 11 (1870) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 11, no. 9963 (1871) ; Stoliczka, 

 J. A. S. Bern/, x'li. p. 250 (1872: C'utch); Shelley, B. Egypt, 

 p. 233(1872: Girgeh-Siout) ; Heuyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. pt. 1, 

 p. 996 (1873 : autumn and winter ; Kordofan ; Takah ; Senaar ; 

 sandv banks of Rahad and Atbara) ; Hume, Str. F. i. p. 231 

 (1873) ; Adam, t. c. p. 394 (Sambhur) ; Hayes Lloyd, Ibis, 1873, 

 p. 416 (Kathiawar) ; Dresser, B. Eur. vii. p. 527, pi. ~r2& (1875) ; 

 id. Ibis, 1876, p. 328; Butler, Str. F. iv. p. 12 (1876 : Mt. Aboo; 

 Guzerat) ; Hume, t. c. p. 13 ; Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, ii. 

 p. 155 (1877 : Lublin, Sept.) ; Butler, Str. F. v. p. 232 (1877 : 

 Deesa) ; Davidson § Wenden, Str. F. vii. p. 88 (1878: Deccan, 

 cold season) ; Boyd. B. Cave. p. 150 (1879) ; Butler, Cat. B. Sind 

 etc. p. 58 (1879) ; Finsch, Verhandl. z.-b. Gesellseh. Wien, xxix. 

 (1879 : Semipalatinsk, Mav ; Steppes of Maitjerek, June) ; Hume, 

 Str. F. viii. p. 112 (1879) ; tidal, Str. F. ix. p. 82 (1880 : Iiatnagiri) ; 

 Butler, t. c. p. 426 (Belgaum) ; Barnes, t. c. p. 459 (Chaman) ; 

 Butler, Cat. B. S. Bomb. Pres. p. 73 (18S0) ; Biddulph,Ibis,1881, 

 p. 95 ; Scully, t. c. p. 587 (Gilgit) ; Giglioli, Ibis, 1881, p. 208 

 (Rome, Nov.) ; Reid, Str. F. x. p. 65 (1881 : Lucknow) ; Salvin, 

 Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 599 (1882) ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1882, p. 221 

 (Astrakhan, summer) ; Davidson, Str. F. x. p. 319 (1882 : Western 

 Khandeish) ; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 74 (Bash-Alai, Sept.) ; Boyd. 

 Consp. Av. Imp. Boss. p. 69 (1884 : Steppes of Tchernozem, from 

 51-53° N. lat. ; Crimea ; Steppes of the Don, Volga, and Cau- 

 casus ; N. Aralao-Caspian region ; Russian Sungaria) ; Badde, 

 Orn. Cauc. pp. 44, 419 (1884 : Ponto-Caspian region ; rare in 

 Trans-Caucasia, Chram River, Algetka, and Lenkoran) ; Murray, 

 Vertebr. Faun. Sind, p. 229 (1884) ; Zarudn. Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. 

 Moscou, 1885, p. 68 (Askhabo, Aug.); Giyl. Avif. Ital. p. 375 

 (1886: Rome; Nice); Salvad. Elenco Ucc. Ital. p. 208 (1886); 

 Giglioli, Avif. Ital. 1st Besoc. p. 576 (1889) ; id. 2nd Besoc. 

 p. 647 (1890) ; Brusina, Motr. etc. (Orn. Croat.) p. 93 (1890) ; 

 Sharpe, Set. Results 2nd Yark. Miss., Aves, p. 93 (1891 : Panjah) ; 

 Ht/rtert, Kat. J'ogels. Senckenb. Mm. p. 215 (1891 : Schendi). 



Chaetusia gregaria, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 221 (Khartoum) ; 

 Reichenb. Grail. Taf. 181. figs. 2480-81, Suppl. xlvii. (cii.) figs. 1048- 

 49 (1852) ; Taylor, Ibis, 1867, p. 68 (Egypt) ; Beavan, Lbi$, 1868, 

 p. 389 (Umbala). 



Vanellus pallidus, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. ^>~> (1856: Steppes of 

 East Senaar and Takah). 



Chettusia wagleri, Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 11, no. 9954 (1871). 



Adult male. General colour above pale ashy brown, the centre of 

 the lower back rather darker ; sides of the lower back, lower rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts pure white, as well as the basal two-thirds 

 of the tail, which is tipped with white, before which is a broad band 



