MICROSARCOrs. LOBIVANELLUS. 



Hume, Nests 8f Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 345 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 130 (1896) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 148 (1899). 

 Lobivanellns malabaricus, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 198 



(1887). 



The eggs of the Indian Wattled Lapwing arc usually pyriform, 

 but a few examples are of a blunt oval shape. They are without 

 gloss. The ground is buff, pale green or olive-brown, and this is 

 marked with spots, streaks and blotches of black, dark brown, 

 umber-brown, and underlying pale inky-purple. The markings are 

 usually very evenly distributed over the entire shell, but in a few 

 specimens they are denser at the broad end than elsewhere. The 

 eggs measure from 1'35 to 1*6 in length, and from 1-02 to 1*1 in 

 breadth. 



5. Allahabad, India (C. T. Bingham}. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, 24th April ( W. E. Brooks). Hume Coll. 



2. Cawnpore,' 22nd April. Hume Coll. 



3. Saugor, C. Pro vs., 29th May. Hume Coll. 

 7. Raipur, C. Provs., May (F. R. Hume Coll. 



Bleivitt}. 

 3. Ceylon (E. L. Layard). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus MICROSARCOPS, Sharpe, 



Microsarcops cinereus (Blyth). 

 (Plate I. fig. 6.) 



Chettusia cinerea, Oates, Birds Brit. Burm. ii. p. 372 (1883). 

 Lobivanellus cinereus, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 183 (1887) ; 



id. Birds Japan. Emp. p. 311 (1890). 

 Microsarcops cinereus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 133 (1896); 



id. Hand-l. i. p. 149 (1899). 



The eggs of the Grey-headed Wattled Lapwing in the Collection 

 are of a pointed oval form and without gloss. The ground- 

 colour is buff, and this is spotted and blotched, more thickly at the 

 larger end than elsewhere, with blackish brown and underlying 

 pale purple. The two specimens measure respectively : 1*95 by 

 1-33 ; 1-91 by 1-33. 



2. Tokio Bay, Japan (H. Pryer). Seebohm Coll. 



Genus LOBIVANELLUS, Striekl. 

 Lobivanellus lobatus (Lath.). 



Lobivanellus lobatus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 218 (1865) ; 

 Ramsay, Ibis, 1867, p. 419, pi. ix. fig. 2 ; Harting, P. Z. S. 1874, 

 p. 458 ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 53 (1883) ; Seebohm, 

 Geogr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 190 (1887) ; North, Nests fy Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 300 (1889) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M, xxiv. p. 139 

 (1896) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 149 (1899). 



The eggs of Latham's Wattled Plover are pyriform, but a specimen 



