12 CHARADR1ID.E. 



3. Pegu, llth May (E. W. O.). Gates Coll. 



2. Pegu, 15th May (E. W. O.). Gates Coll. 



1. Pegu, 15th May (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



1. Yeaboo, Tenasserim, 10th March Hume Coll. 

 ( W. Damson). 



1. Salang, Tonka Island, 27th March Hume Coll. 



(t7. Darling). 



Genus ZONIFER, Sharpe. 

 Zonifer tricolor ( V.). 



Sarciophorus pectoralis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 222 (1865) ; 

 Ramsay, Ibis, 1867, p. 420, pi. ix. fig. 3 : Harting, P. Z. S. 1874, 

 p. 458; Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 53 (1883) ; North, 

 Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 302, pi. xvii. tig. 6 (1889) ; Lilford, 

 Ibis, 1896, p. 425. 



Lobivanellus pectoralis, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 200 

 (1887). 



Zonifer tricolor, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 154 (1896); id. 

 Hand-l. i. p. 150 (1899). 



The eggs of the Black-breasted Wattled Lapwing are pyriform 

 but very broad in relation to their length. They have a fair 

 amount of gloss. The ground-colour is olive-buff, and this is some- 

 what delicately marked with roundish spots and small blotches of 

 dark brown or black, evenly scattered over the shell. The under- 

 lying markings are of a pale purple colour and inconspicuous, 

 Five specimens measure from 1*65 to 1'75 in length, and from 1'25 

 to 1*3 in breadth. 



3. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. Tasmania (M. Allport). Seebohm Coll. 



Genus HOPLOPTERUS, Bp. 

 Hoplopterus spinosus (Linn.}. 



Charadrius spinosus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. ic. fig. 20 (1845- 

 54) ; Bree, Birds Eur. iv. p. 10, pi. (1867) ; 2nd ed. iv. p. 168, 

 pi. (1875). 



Hoplopterus spinosus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 6. fig. 3 (1855-63) ; 

 Allen, Ibis, 1863, p. 156; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. pt. i. p. 1004, 

 pi. 49. fig. 10 (1873) ; Harting, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 456 ; Dresser, 

 Birds Eur. vii. p. 539 (1878) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 

 p. 157 (1896) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 150 (1899). 



Vanellus spinosus, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 219 (1887). 



The eggs of the Egyptian Spur-winged Lapwing are chiefly 

 pyriform, but many are of a pointed oval form. They have a faint 

 trace of gloss. The ground-colour is buff, frequently with a 

 greenish tinge, and this is boldly marked, more so at the larger end 

 than elsewhere, with black or dark blackish-brown blotches and 

 spots. The underlying markings are of a pale purple colour and 

 are very inconspicuous. The eggs measure from T45 to 1*7 in 

 length, and from 1*1 to 1-17 in breadth. ^ 



