HOPLOrrERUS. 



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Egypt, 27th March {S. S. Allen). Seebohm Coll. 



Damietta, Kg'vpt (-S'. S. A.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Daiuietta, 8th March. Seebohm Coll. 



Damietta, 26th March (J. II. Seebohm Coll. 



Cochrane). 



Damietta, lOth April. Seebohm Coll. 



Ambukol, Soudan, 7th May Seebohm Coll. 



{Col. Willintghhji Temcr). 



Taui, Soudan, April ( W. V. ). Seebohm Coll. 



Hoplopterus ventralis ( Wagl.). 



Iloplopterus ventralis, Hartin;/, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 455, pi. Ix. tig. 3 ; 

 Oufes, ed. Hume, A^esfs ^- EgffS hid. Birds, iii. p. 347 (1890) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. l'5U (1896) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 151 (1899). 



Vanellus ventralis, Seebohm, Geoyr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 227 (1887). 



The eggs of the Indian Spnr-winged Lapwing are either pyriform 

 or of a pointed oval shape. They are almost entirely gloss-less. 

 The ground-colour is pale buff, sometimes very decidedly tinged 

 with green, and this is rather delicately marked with spots and 

 small blotches of black or dark brown. The underlying markings 

 are pale purple and inconspicuous. Occasionally the markings are 

 large and coarse, and sometimes they are linear or streaky. Speci- 

 mens measure from 1'42 to 1"78 in length, and from 1*12 to 1"3 in 

 breadth. 



4. Delhi, 14th Mav (C. T. BingJiam). Hume Coll. 



1. Kotri Dhoon, N.W. P., 7th April. Hume Coll. 



1. Futtehgurh {A. Anderson). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Allahabad. lluffie Coll. 



1. Allahabad. Hume CoU. 

 4. Allahabad, 7th March. Hume Coll. 

 4. Etawah, 12th March {A. O. Hume Coll. 



Hume). 



4. Etawah, 12th March {A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



4. Etawah, 12th March (A. O. II.). Hume Coll. 



3. Etawah, l;!th March (A. 0. H.). Hume Coll. 



3. Etawah, 14th March [A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, 14th March {A. O. II.). Hume Coll. 



4. Etawah, loth March {A. O. II.). Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, 15th March I A. O. II.). Hume Coll. 

 4. Etawah, 15th March (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 

 1. J'^tawah, ]7lh March (A. O. II.). Hume Coll. 



3. ]<;tawah, 27th March (.4. 0. H.). Hume Coll. 

 1. Saugor, C. Provs. Hume Coll. 



Hoplopterus speciosus C Wcu/h). 



Hoplopterus armatus. Ay res, Ibis, 1869, p. 209. 



Hoplopterus speciosus, Gurney, in Anderss. Birds Dam.-Land, p. 2(37 

 (1872) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 667 (1875-84) ; 



