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[Occurs in switable localities, throughout the entire region, 
but is absent in the more arid tracts. It is a pity to find 
Sharpe and Dresser perpetuating in their great work, Jerdon’s 
mistake about this being a rare species in India.—A. O. H.] © 
855.—Lobivanellus indicus, Bodd. 
The Red Wattled Lapwing, “ Pity to doit,” or “ Did-he-do-it” 
as it is perhaps more generally called, is common both on the 
hills and in the plains, but I fancy that a great number of them 
migrate, as they are somewhat scarce in the hot weather, 
whereas in the cold they are abundant everywhere. _ 
[Common throughout the entire region.—A. O. H.] 
856.—Lobipluvia malabarica, Bodd, Sarciophorus 
bilobus, Gmel. - 
The Yellow Wattled Lapwing is not very common in the 
plains, and does not, that J am aware of, ascend the hills. 
[Occurs throughout the entire region, but is very rare in 
Jodhpoor, (neither Mr. Adam at Sambhur, nor Dr. King in 
any part of Jodhpoor, procured it) and in the northern portion 
of Sindh it is virtually unknown.—A. O. H.] 
858.—Esacus recurvirostris, Cuv. 
The Large Stone Plover is rare. I shot a pair ona gravelly 
island in the bed of a river between Ahmedabad and Deesa in 
1871, and I have met with it once or twice since. 
(Occurs in each sub-division of the region, but only in beds of 
rivers or streams, specially where rocky or stony banks or islands 
crop up in these.—A. O. H.] 
859.—(CEdicnemus crepitans, Tem. 
The Stone Plover, or Norfolk Plover, as it is often called, is 
tolerably common. It is quite nocturnal in its habits, lying 
as a rule all day under cover of some low thick tree. It seems 
to be somewhat partial to low babool jungle and low thick 
bushes in the sandy beds of dry rivers. 
[Common enough wherever there is low scrub jungle of 
any kind on sandy plains, or groves with grass, throughout the 
entire region.—A. O. H. 
863.—Grus antigone, Zzn. 
The Sarus is common all over the country in the plains 
wherever there is water, and breeds towards the end of the 
rains. 
[Common in Jodhpoor, Cutch, Kattiawar, but very rare in 
Sindh, indeed does not occur at all, I believe, in Northern Sindh 
or in the Trans-Indus portion of the province.—A. O. H.] 
