10 CnAEADETID^. 



is occasionally of a lengthened, narrow, oval shape. They have 

 little gloss and sometimes it is entirely absent. The ground-colour 

 varies from olive-huff to olive-green, and this is thickly spotted, 

 streaked, and blotched with deep blackish brown and underlying 

 pale purple. Six examples measure from I'So to 2-15 in lengtli, 

 and from 1-35 to 1-45 in breadth. 



1. Australia. Sir D. Cooper [P.]. 



3. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



1. New South WfJes. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. F. A. riiilbrick,Esq.,Q,.C.[P.]. 



Lobivanellus miles (Bodd.). 



Lobivanellus personatus, Gould, Handlj. Birds Austr. ii. p. 220 (186.5); 



CampheU, Nests ^ Er/f/s Austr. Birds, p. 53 (1883) ; Seebohm, 



Geogr. Distr. Charadriichfi, p. 188 (1887). 

 Lobivanellus miles, North, Nests Sf Eqqs Austr. Birds, p. 301 (1889) ; 



Shcu-pe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 140 (189(5) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 149 



(1899). 



The egg of Gould's Wattled Lapwing in the Collection is pyriforra 

 and fairly glossy. The ground-colour is of an olive-buff, and is 

 covered very evenly all over witli small roundish spots of dark 

 brown, yellowish brown, and underlying pale purple. It measures 

 1-7 by 1-17. 



1. Austraha. Sir D. Cooper [P.]. 



Sub-Pamily CHARADRIIN.^. 



Genus SARCOGRAMMUS, Reichenb. 



Sarcogrammus indicus {Bodd.). 

 (Plate I. fig. 4.) 



Lobivanellus gocusis, Lmjard, Ann. S^- Mag. N. H. (2) xiv. p. 109 (1854). 

 Lobivanellus iudicus, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 902 (1880) ; Seebohm, Gengr. 



Distr. Charadriidee, p. 184 (1887) ; Oates, ed. Hume, Nests if Eggs 



Ind. Birds, iii. p. 340 (1890) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. ix. {Sujypl.) p. 353 



(1896). 

 Sarcogrammus indicus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 149 (1896) ; 



id. Hand-l. i. p. 150 (1899). 



The eggs of the Indian Iled-wattled Lapwing are mostly pyri- 

 form, but the proportion between their length and breadth 

 varies greatly. They have a very slight gloss. The ground-colour 

 is buff of different shades, sometimes tinged with olive, and is 

 boldly streaked and blotched with dark brown or black, often tinged 

 with rufous and yellow. There are also the usual underlying 

 markings of pale purple or grey, which however are inconspicuous. 

 The markings are often denser at the broad end than elsewhere, 

 but they seldom form any well-defined cap. The eggs measure 

 from 1-45 to 1-85 in length, and from 1-13 to 1-3 in breadth. 



