SARCIOPHORUS. 593 



Head, nape, back of the neck, chin, throat, neck in front and breast black ; 

 a broad streak from behind the eye along the sides of the neck, abdomen and 

 upper and lower tail coverts white ; tail white, with a subterminal dark band 

 and broadly tipped white ; back, scapulars and tertials pale brown ; primaries 

 and their coverts black ; greater wing coverts like the back basally, and 

 broadly edged and tipped with white, forming a conspicuous wing band. 



Length. 12*5 to 13 inches; wing 9*5; tail 4*75", bill at front 1*27; wattles 

 red. 



Hal. Throughout India, Beloochistan, Persia, and Afghanistan. In India 

 it is everywhere common, during both winter and summer, and breeds 

 from April to July. It is an extremely noisy bird, and especially so during 

 the breeding season. Its vulgar name, "Did he do it," is very appro- 

 priately given, being its continuous cry, with " Pity to do it," the place re- 

 sounding with its almost endless echoes, till the intruder is out of reach of its 

 nest. The nest is usually a small depression in the earth, with or without 

 lining of any kind, and made in the vicinity of a marsh. The eggs are 

 generally of a deep green colour, irregularly marked with blotches and 

 streaks of a brownish black. 



1270. Lobivanellus atronuchalis (Blyth*), Jerd., P. Ind. ii. 



p. 648; Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. B., p. 376; id., Sir. F. iii. p. 181 ; Blyth, 

 B. Burm. p. 152 ; Hume and Davison, Sir. F. vii. p. 457; Hume, Sir. F. 

 viii. p. 112; Dates, Str. F. x. p. 238; id., B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 374 

 Sarcogramma atrogularis, Blyth, jf. A. S. B. xxxi. p. 345 (note). The 

 BURMESE LAPWING. 



Entire head, neck and breast black ; a band over the ear coverts white, also 

 a collar on the hind neck, upper tail coverts, the tail, except a broad black 

 band and under plumage from the breast ; back and rest of upper parts, 

 including the wing coverts, grey, glossed with purplish on the coverts and 

 green elsewhere ; greater coverts grey, broadly tipped with white ; primaries and 

 secondaries black, the bases white, increasing in extent to the last secondary, 

 which is nearly wholly white. Bill black on the terminal half ; eyelid and 

 wattles red ; legs and feet pale yellow. 



Length. 13 inches ; tail 4-5 ; wing 8-15 ; tarsus 3; bill from gape 1*3. 



Hab. British Burmahand Karenne, extending northwards as far as Bhamo; 

 eastwards to Cochin-China and southwards down to Singapore. Breeds in 

 April and May, in paddy fields and grass lands. Eggs, usually four in number, 

 buff, thickly spotted and blotched with blackish brown. 



Gen. SarciOphortlS. Strickl. 

 Wattles yellow ; bill rather slender ; hind toe absent. 



1271. SarciOphoruS bilobUS (Gmel.}, Jerd., B. Jnd. ii. p. 649; 

 Blanf., Ibis, 1870, p. 470; Blyth, B. JSurm.p. 153. Charadriusmalabaricus, 



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