352 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ORNITHOLOGY OF NEPAL. 



855.— Lobivanellus indicus, Bodd. 



Seven specimens. — Length, 12"6tol3"6; expanse, 28 to 30; 

 wino-, 8"9 to 9 4 j tail, 4'75 to 4*9 ; tarsus, 2*8 to 3"35 ; tibia 

 bare, r4 to 1'7; bill from gape, 1*35 to 1"6; bill at front, 1-3 

 to 1*5 ; closed wings short of tail, 0-5 to 0'6. 



Bill coral red, the terminal third black ; gape, margin of eye- 

 lids, and wattles coral or dark red ; irides lake red, in one spe- 

 cimen creamy, marbled with reddish spots ; feet pale yellow, 

 greenish on the joints ; claws black ; wing spur rosy horny. 



The Red-wattled Lapwing is common in the valley of Nepal 

 throughout the year, frequenting rice fields, swampy grounds, 

 and the neighbourhood of streams all over the central part 

 of the valley, [t was found in abundance in the Nawakot 

 district, the Hetoura Dun, and the plains and Tarai of Nepal in 

 winter. 



857.— Hoplopterus ventralis, Cuv. 



Male, Valley, May. — Length, 12 ; expanse, 25 ; wing, 7-8 > 

 tail, 3"9 ; tarsus, 2-5 ; bill from gape, 1-33 ; bill at front, 1-25 > 

 closed wings short of tail, 0*3; tibia bare, I'O; wing spur* 

 0-35. 



Male, Bichiakoh, December, — Length, 11*75 ; wing, 8'0; 

 tail, 375; tarsus, 2*65; bill from gape, 1-35; bill at front, 

 1'15 ; wing spur, 0*43 ; wings reach to end of tail. 



Bill, feet, and claws black ; irides dark brown ; wing spur 

 black. 



The Indian Spur-winged Plover is fairly common in the val- 

 ley of Nepal, (where it certainly breeds,) but in summer only. 



In winter I found it ia small numbers on the stream at Bi- 

 chiakoh. It is never seen away from the banks of rivers or 

 shingly islands in the midst of them. 



863.— Grus antigone, Lin. 



Common in the Tarai, and often kept in confinement in the 

 Nepal valley. 



865.— Grus cinerea, JBechst. 



Common, in winter, in the Tarai and Hetoura Diin ; passes 

 over the Valley on migration, but never seems to alight there. 



866.— Anthropoides virgo, Lin. 



Common in the Hetoura Dun and Tarai in winter ; passes over 

 the valley in migration, and occasionally alights there for a short 

 time. Very commonly kept in confinement in the valley. 



