226 



hollow the usual four yellowish eggs blotched with brown, between 

 JMarch and August, chiefly in April, May, or June. The eggs 

 measure on an average 1'64 by 1'2. 



1432. Sarcogrammus atrinuchalis. The Burmese Wattled 

 Lapwing. 



Sareogramina atrognlaris, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxxi, p. 345 (1862) (nee 

 Charadrius atrogularis, Wagler), 



Lobivanellus atronuchalis, Blyth, Jerdon, B. I. iii, p. 648 (1864) ; 

 Hume $ Gates, S. F. iii, p. 181 - 9 Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi, p. 457 : 

 Anders. Yunnan Exped.. Aves, p. 675 ; Hume, Cat. no. 855 bis ; 

 Bingham, S. F. ix, p. 396; Oates, B. B. ii, p. 374; Salvador!, 

 Ann. Mm. Civ. Gen. (2) iv, p. 613 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 316 ; Dates 

 in Hume's JN 7 . 8f E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 344. 



? Sarciophorus bilobus, Blanf. Ibis, 1870, p. 470, nee auct. 



Sarcogramma atrinuchalis, Blyth fy Wald. Birds Burin, p. 152. 



Sarcogrammus atrinuchalis, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xxiv ? p. 152. 



Titidit, Burmese. 



Similar to S. indlcus, except that the white baud from the eye 

 only extends to the ear-coverts, and the neck is black all round, 

 also that there is a white bar forming a border to the black on the 

 upper back ; there is also less white on the secondaries. 



Terminal half of bill black, remainder of bill, the eyelids, and 

 wattles red ; irides crimson ; legs and feet pale yellow ; claws black 

 (Oates), 



Length 13 ; tail 4-3 ; wins 8'5; tarsus 3 ; bill from gape 1-3. 



Distribution. Throughout Burma, extending north to Bhamoaml 

 Manipur, east to Cochin China, and south to the Malayan Peninsula 

 and Sumatra. 



Habits, fyc,. Similar to those of S. indicus, and the eggs are not 

 distinguishable. The breeding-season is in April and May in Pegu, 

 March in Tenasserim. 



Genus SARCIOPHORUS, Strickland, 1841. 



Bill more slender than in the last genus, but otherwise similar. 

 Head more or less crested ; a wattle in front of the eye, large in the 

 Indian species, and furnished with a descending lappet. Second 

 quill longest, first nearly as long. Tarsus long, slender, with 

 transverse shields in front ; no hind toe. 



The single Indian species has been unnecessarily separated as 

 Lobipluvia from its African allies, S. tectus, &c., from which it only 

 differs in having a shorter and less-pointed crest, and a larger and 

 differently-shaped wattle. 



1433. Sarciophorus malabaricus. The Yellow-wattled Lapwing. 



Oharadrius malabaricus, Bodd. Tall. PI. Enl. p. 53 (1783). 

 Charadrius bilobus, Gin. Syst. Nat. i, p. 691 (1788). 

 Sarciophorus bilobus, Strickland, P.Z.S. 1841, p. 33; Blyth, Cat. 

 p. 261 ; Jerdon, B. I. iii, p. 649 ; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, 'p. 165 ; 



