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Bravan, Ibis, 1808, p. 390 ; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xli, pt. 2, p. 251 ; 

 Hayes Lloyd, Ibis, 1873, p. 416 ; Morgan, Ibis, 1875, p. 323. 

 Lobipluvia malabarica, Hume, N. 8f E. p. 577 ; Le Messurier, S, F. 

 iii, p. 418 ; Sutler, S. F. iv, p. 14 ; ix, p. 427 ; Bourdillon, S. F. 

 vii, p. 39 ; Sail, ibid p. 227 ; Hume, Cat. no. 856 ; Lsyf/e, Birds 

 Ceyl p. 966; Vidal, S. F. ix, p. 82; Parker, ibid, p, 482; Reid, 

 S. F. x, p. 06 ; Davison, ibid. p. 319 ; Hume, ibid. p. 413 ; Barnes, 

 Birds Bom. p. 335 j Gates in Hume's N. fy E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 345 ; 

 Barnes, Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. vi, p. 23 ; Sharps, Cat. B. M. xxiy, 

 p. 130. 



Zirdi, II. : Jithiri, N.W. P. ; Chitawa, Tel. ; Al-kati, Tarn. 



Coloration. Crown and nape black, bordered by a white streak 

 from one eye to the other round the nape ; chin black ; sides of 

 head, neck all round, upper breast, back, scapulars, tertiaries, and 

 wing-coverts light brown ; the brown of the upper breast with a 

 blackish border ; greater secondary coverts tipped white, forming a 

 wing-bar with the bases of the secondary quills, which increase on 

 the later secondaries till the whole feather is white ; primaries also 

 white on inner web near the base ; rest of primaries and secondaries, 

 with primary-coverts, black ; upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers 

 white, the middle rect rices with a broad subterminal black band 

 which diminishes rapidly and disappears on the outer feathers, the 

 median pair tipped brown, and brown on the inner portion of the 

 black band, the others tipped white ; lower parts from breast 

 white. 



Young birds have no black on the head, and the brown of the 

 upper parts is banded jaler. 



Bill yellow at base, black at the tip ; lappet pale yellow ; irides 

 silvery grey or pale yellow ; legs yellow. 



Length 10-5 ; tail 3 ; wing 8 ; tarsus 2-5 ; bill from gape 1. 

 Distribution. Resident throughout India and Ceylon, ranging 

 east as far as Calcutta and Dacca, and west to the Sutlej. This 

 species occurs occasionally in Lower Bind, but is unknown in 

 Upper Sind and the Western Punjab. The reported occurrence 

 of this species in Burma is probably due to a mistake *. 



Habits, $c. The Yellow-wattled Lapwing is found on dry plains 

 or in thin bush away from forest, sometimes in twos or threes, 

 often in flocks. It feeds on insects, and has a plaintive cry, far 

 less harsh than that of the Eed-wattled Lapwing. It breeds in 

 Northern India in April and May, in Ceylon in June and J.uly, 

 and lays four eggs of the usual Plover type on the bare ground. 

 The eggs measure about 1-45 by 1-07, and are buff or pale stone- 

 colour, blotched all over with dark brown and purplish grey. 



*" * For this mistake I am responsible, as I included the species in a list of 

 Burmese birds with the locality Thayet Mjo (Ibis, 1870, p. 470). Nearly all 

 the specimens collected by me in Burma are in the British Museum, but there 

 is no skin of 8. mahibaricus amongst them. I wrote the paper when I was 

 away from the specimens, and I think there must have been some error in the 

 name. 



