MICEOSARCOI'S. LOBIVANELLTJS. 9 



Hume, Nests ^ Eygs Ind, Birds, iii. p. .345 (1890) ; Sharps, Cut. 

 Birds B. M. xxiv. p. \m (WMS) ; id. Haml-l. i. p. 148 (1899). 

 Jjobivanelliis malabaricus, Seehuhm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 198 

 (1887). 



The eggs of the Indian Wattled Lapwing arc usually pyriform, 

 but a few examples are of a blunt oval shape. They are without 

 gloss. The ground is buff, pale green or olive-brown, and this is 

 marked with spots, streaks and blotches of black, dark brown, 

 umber-brown, and underlying pale inky-purple. The markings are 

 usually very evenly distributed over the entire shell, but in a few 

 specimens they are denser at the broad end than elsewhere. The 

 eggs measure from 1".35 to 1*6 in length, and from 1'02 to I'l in 

 breadth. 



5. Allahabad, India (C. T. Bitu/ham). Hume C'oU. 



2. Etawah, 24th April ( W. E. Brooks). Hume Coll. 



2. Cawnpore, 22nd April. Hume Coll. 

 .3. Saugor, C. Provs., 29th May. Hume Coll. 

 7. Ilaipur, C. Provs., May (^F. R. Hume Coll. 



lUeintt). 



3. Coylou (E. L. Lnyard). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus MICROSARCOPS, Sharpe. 



Microsarcops cinereus {Bhjth). 

 (Plate I. fig. 6.) 



Chettusia cinerea, Oates, Birds Brit. Burm. ii. p. 372 (1883). 

 Lobivanellus cinereus, Seehohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 183 (1887) ; 



id. Birds Japan. Emp. p. 311 (1890). 

 Microsarcops cinereus, 8harpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 133 (189G); 



id. Hand-l. i. p. 149 (1899). 



The eggs of the Grey-headed Wattled Lapwing in the Collection 

 are of a pointed oval form and without gloss. The ground- 

 colour is buff, and this is spotted and blotched, more thickly at the 

 larger end thau elsewhere, with blackish brown and underlying 

 pale purjde. The two specimens measure respectively : 1-9.5 by 

 1-33 ; 1-91 by 1-33. 



2. Toldo Bay, Japan (JT. Prj/tr). Seebohm CoU. 



Genus LOBIVANELLUS, Strkkl. 

 Lobivanellus lobatus {Lath.). 



Lobivanellus lobatus, Gould, llandh. Birds At/str. ii. p. 218 (18(5.5); 

 Ramsay, Ibis, 1867, p. 419, pi. ix. fig. 2 ; Hurting, P. Z. S. 1874, 

 p. 458 ; Camj)bell, Nests ^- Eggs Aiistr. Birds, p. .53 (1883) ; Seedohtn, 

 Geogr. Distr. Charadriidfc, p. 190 (1887) ; North, Nests ^- Ef/gs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 300 (1889) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 139 

 (189G) : id. Hand-l. i. p. 149 (1899). 



The eggs of Latham's Wattled Plover are pyriform, but a specimen 



