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black ; secondaries white ; tail white with a subterminal black 

 band, wanting in the outermost feathers ; a narrow band from 

 the lores through the eyes, black ; sides of head and neck, both 

 in front and on the sides above, pale rufous, passing to brownish 

 on the lower part of the neck, and to brownish-ashy on the 

 breast ; middle of the abdomen deep black, bordered posteriorly 

 by deep chesnut ; lower belly, vent, and under tail-coverts 

 white. 



The Slack-sided Lapwing occurs as a cold weather visitant 

 more or less commonly throughout the region. 



Chettusia villotcei, And. 



853. G. leucura, Licht. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, 



p. 646 ; C. flavipes, Sav. ; Butler, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, 



Vol. IV, p. 13 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 229 ; 



Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 1885, p. 132. 

 THE WHITE-TAILED LAPWING. 



Length, 11 ; expanse, 23 ; wing, 7 ; tail, 275 ; tarsus, 2 6 ; 

 bill at front, 1. 



Bill black ; irides brownish-red ; legs bright yellow. 



General color above brownish -grey, with a reddish-purple gloss on 

 the mantle, extending over the tertiaries ; head and neck browner 

 and glossless ; the throat and around the bill white ; breast more 

 ashy ; the feathers margined paler ; rest of the under parts, with the 

 tail and its upper-coverts, white ; the belly and flanks conspicuous- 

 ly tinged with dull rosy, or a roseate-cream hue ; primaries and 

 their coverts black ; the secondaries and their coverts largely 

 tipped with white, and having a black bar above the white ; rest 

 of the wing-coverts like the back. 



With the exception of the Deccan, the White-tailed Lapwing 

 is a not uncommon winter visitant throughout the region. 



It is by no means so rare as Jerdon states. 



Chettusia cinerea, Bly. 



854 0. inornata, T. and Schleg. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. 



II, p. 646 ; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 1885, 



p. 132. 



THE GEEY-HEADED LAPWING. 



Length, 14 to 15 ; expanse, 30'5 to 32*5 ; wing, 9*5 to 10 ; tail, 

 4'5 to 5 ; tarsus, 3 to 3'3 ; bill at front, T5 ; bill at gape, T5. 



Bill bright yellow, terminal one-third deep black ; irides light 

 crimson ; eyelids plumbeous ; edges of eyelids and lores bright 

 yellow ; legs and feet yellow. 



General color of the upper parts pale greyish-brown ; the 

 head, neck, and breast, pure light grey, passing into black on the 

 lower part of the breast, and terminating abruptly, contrasting 

 with the white belly ; primaries, their coverts, and the winglet, 

 black ; the secondaries and their coverts chiefly white, and the 



