12 CHARADRIIDJE. 



.'5. Pegu, nth May {E. W. O.). Gates Coll. 



2. Pe<,'u, IStli May (E. TV. ().). Gates Coll. 



1. Pegu, loth May (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



1. Yeaboo, Tenas>!erim, 10th March Hume Coll. 

 ( W. Davison). 



1. Salang, Tniika Islaud, 27th March Hume Coll. 



{J. DurUng). 



Genus ZONIFER, Sharpe. 

 Zonifer tricolor (F.). 



Sarciophorus pectoralis, Gould., Handh. Birds Austr. n. i^. 222 (1865); 

 Ramsay, Ibis, 1867, p. 420, pi. ix. fig. 3 ; Uarting, P. Z. S. 1874, 

 p. 458; Campbell, Nests Sj- Eqgs Austr. Birds, ■^. 53 (1883); North, 

 Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds,' i^. 302, pi. xvii. hg. 6 (1889); Lilford, 

 Ibis, 1896, p. 425. 



Lobivanellus pectoralis, Seebolnn, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 200 

 (1887). 



Zonifer tricolor, Sharjw, Cut. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 154 (1896); id. 

 Rand-l. i. p. 150 (1899). 



The eggs of the Black-breasted Wattled Lapwing are pyriform 

 but very broad in relation to their length. They have a fair 

 amount of gloss. The ground-colour is olive-bufF, and this is some- 

 what delicately marked with roundish spots and small blotches of 

 dark brown or black, evenly scattered over the shell. The under- 

 lying markings are of a pale purple colour and inconspicuous. 

 Five specimens measure from l"6o to 1'75 in length, and from 1"25 

 to 1"3 in breadth. 



3. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. Tasmania [M. Allport). Seebohm Coll. 



Genus HOPLOPTERUS, Bp. 

 Hoplopterus spinosus {Linn.). 



Charadrius spiuosus, Thicn. Fortpjianz. qes. Toq. tab. ic. fig, 20 (1845- 

 54) ; Bree, Birds Eur. iv. p. 10, p'l. — (1867) ; 2nd ed. iv. p. 168, 

 pi. — (1875). 



Hoplopterus spinosus, Baedeker, Eier Eiir. I'og. tab. 6. fig. 3 (1855-63) ; 

 Allen, Ibis, 1863, p. 156; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. pt. i. p. 1004, 

 pi. 49. fig. 10 (1873); Hurting, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 456; Dresser, 

 Birds Eur. vii. p. 539 (1878) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv.- 

 p. 157 (1896) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 150 (1899). 



Vanellus spinosus, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriida, p. 219 (1887). 



The eggs of the Egyptian Spur-winged Lapwing are chieflj' 

 pyriform, but many are of a pointed oval form. They have a faint 

 trace of gloss. The ground-colour is buff, frequently with a 

 greenish tinge, and this is boldly marked, more so at the larger end 

 than elsewhere, with black or dark blackish-brown blotches and 

 spots. The underlying markings are of a pale purple colour and 

 are very inconspicuous. The eggs measure from 1-45 to 1-7 itt 

 length, and from 1-1 to 1-17 in breadth. 



