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MM I COL.!!:. 



The brccding-rangc of tlie Grey-licadcd Wattled Lapwing extends 

 westwards from Japan across North China to South-east Mongolia. 

 As it is not known to have occurred eitlicr in Siberia or Yezzo it is 

 fair to assume that it found its way to Soutliern Japan via Formosa 

 or the Corea. 



312. VANELLUS CRISTATUS. 

 (COMMON LAPWING.) 



Vunelltts efistatus, AVolf and Meyer, Vog. Deutschland, ii. p. 110 (1805). 



The Common Lajjwing has both the upper and under tail-coverts 

 of a chestnut-buff colour. 



Vanellus crktattts. 



Figures: Dresser, Birds of Europe, vii. i)l. 531. 



The Common Laj)wing is found in all the Japanese Islands, but it 

 is not known whether any remain to breed. There arc four examples 

 in the Pryer collection from Yokohama. It is said to be very rare 

 in Yezzo (lilakislou and Pryer/rruns. As. Soc. Japan, 1882, p. 108), 



