56 Mr. C. H. B. Grant on a Collection of 



47. Stephaniljyx coronatus. Crowned Lapwing. 

 Charadrius coronatus Bodd. Tab. PI. Enl, d'llist. Nat. 



1783, p. 49 : Cape of Good Hope. 



a. S ad. Mt. Suswa, Sept. 27. 



Total length in flesh : llf inches. Wing : 202 mm. 



In rather worn dress and moulting. 



[Irides yellow ; bill red, tipped with black ; legs and toes 

 red. Very common and several seen close to camp.] 



48. Stephanibyx melanopterus. Black-winged Lapwing. 

 Charadrius melanopterus Cretzschm. Atlas, 1826, p. 46, 



pi. 31, published 1829 {of. Oken, Isis. 1829, xxii. p. 1291) : 

 Djedda, Red Sea. 



a. ^ ad. Narossura Plateau, 8100 ft. Nov. 1. 



Total length in flesh : lOf inches. Wing : 211 mm. 



In somewhat worn plumage. 



The difl'crences between this species and S. inornatus Sw. 

 (Birds W. Afr. ii. 1837, p. 239: Senegal) are well marked. 



The name Charadrius Ivgubris Lesson (Diet. Sc. Nat. xlii. 

 18*^6, p. 36) apparently has priority over Vanellus inornatus 

 Swainson and should be used. No type locality was given, 

 but I designate Senegal. 



The two main characters lie in the warm bronzy colour of 

 the back of <S. melanopterus compared with the cold oily green 

 back of S. Ivyubris { = S. inornatus)^ and in the wing of the 

 former measuring 225-201 mm. as against 183-169 mm. of 

 the latter. There is also apparently some difference in the 

 soft parts (c/. Ibis, 1912, p. 59). 



I have been unable to examine specimens of S. melano- 

 pttrus from the type-locality, and the figure in the ' Atlas ' 

 shows a very brown-backed bird, which may, however, be 

 merely due to the artist. 



As regards the S. m. minor Zedlitz (J. f. O. 1908, p. 180 : 

 South Africa), there appears to be very little diflFerence be- 

 tween south, east, and north-esst African specimens; the 

 colour is the same, the frontal forehead band is a very 

 yariable quantity, and the wings measure respectively; from 



