594 



Bodd. Tall. PL Enl. p. 53. Charadrius bilobus, GmeL, Syst. Nat. i. p. 691. 

 Lobipluvia malabarica, Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 477; Hume, Sir. F. 

 viii. p. 112; Legge, B. Ceylon, p. 966 ; Parker, Sir. F. ix. p. 482 ; Hume, 

 Sir. F. x. p. 238 (note); Oates, B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 375 ; Murray, Vert. 

 ZooL, Sind, p. 2 30. The YELLOW-WATTLED LAPWING. 



Breeding Plumage. Head and nape black; ear coverts white, extending 

 behind the nape ; chin and throat black ; neck in front and behind, also the 

 back, scapulars and tertiaries pale brown ; breast slightly darker, edged with 

 dark brown ; rest of the under surface including the upper and lower tail 

 coverts white ; tail white, with a black band subterminally and white tip, 

 except three of the lateral tail feathers, which are white, with a subterminal 

 dusky spot on the outer web of the third feather ; primaries and their coverts 

 black ; the inner webs of the primaries white, decreasing in extent to the inner 

 ones ; secondaries basally white, and terminated with black j greater wing 

 coverts like the back, but broadly tipped and edged with white, forming a 

 conspicuous white wing band. 



Length. 1 1 to 1175 inches; wing 8-25; tail 3*25; bill at front i; irides 

 brown ; bill yellow at the base, the rest black -, wattles yellow. 



Hab. Nearly throughout India, Burmah and Ceylon. In India it is a 

 resident, frequenting dry stony or grassy plains usually in company with 

 Cursorius isabellinus or gallicus. Breeds in August on the edges of cultivated 

 land. The eggs are not unlike those of L. indicus, but are smaller, and have 

 a stone colour ground, with deep brown and nearly black blotches. In the 

 winter plumage, the chin and throat and the black edges to the feathers of 

 the breast below are wanting, and the upper plumage is duller or paler brown. 



Sub-Family, ^ESACIN^l. STONE PLOVERS. 



Bill strong and thick ; no hind toe; nostrils linear, in a groove near the 

 base of the bill ; gonys strongly angulated. 



Gen. JEsacUS. 



Bill long, sub-curved, the lower edge of the under mandible wide in the 

 middle, then curving to a point. 



1272. JEsacus recurvirostris (CW,), G JR. Gray, M. G. B. pi. 



142 ; Jerd., B. Ind. iii. p. 652, No, 858 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. B. 

 p. 579; id., Sir. F. ii. p. 182; Blyth, B. Burm. p. 152; Str. F. vol. v. 

 p. 121 ; Hume, Sir. F. vi. p. 458 ; Oates, Str. F. vii. p. 50; Hume, Str. F. 

 viii. p. 112; Legge, B. Ceylon p. 974; Oates, B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 357; 

 Murray, Hdbk., Zool., fyc., Sind, p. 21 1; id., Vert. ZooL Sind. p. 231. 

 (Karwanak : Chota Taloor, Sind). The LARGE STONE PLOVER. 



Forehead and a broad line down the sides of the face white ; a broad dark 

 streak on each side from the base of the lower mandible ; feathers round and 

 behind the eye white, broadly bordered with dark brown ; chin, throat, abdo- 

 men, and under tail coverts white; top of head, neck behind, back, scapulars 



