Birds of Celebes: Charadriidae. 735 



^ 315. LOBIVANELLUS CINEREUS (Blytli). 

 Grey-headed Wattled Lapwing. 



a. Pluvianus cinereus (1) Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1842, IX, 587. 



h. Lobivanellus inornatus (I) Temm. & Schl. (nee Sws.), Faun. Jap. Aves 1850, 106, pi. 63; 



(2j Blak. & Pryer, Ibis 1878, 219; (3i Tacz., P. Z. S. 1888, 457. 

 LobivaneUus cinereus (1) Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. 1849, 261; (2) Schl., Mus. P.-B., 



Cursores, 1865. 69; (3) Seeb., Distr. Charadr. 1887, 183; (4) id., B. Japan 1S90, 



311; (5) Styan, Ibis 1891, 503; (6j W. Sclater, Ibis 1892, 87; (7) Campbell, 



t. c. 246. 



c. Sarcogrammus inornatus (1) Bp., Compt. Eend. 1856, XLIU, 418, Nr. 89. 



d. Chettusia inornata (1) Jerd., B. India 11, 1864, 646; (2} Prjev., Howl. Orn. IMisc. 1877, 



n, 433. 



e. Chaetusia cinerea (1) Blyth, Bms 1867, 165. 



/'. Chettusia cinerea (1) Swinh., P. Z. S. 1871, 403; (2) David & Oust., Ois. Chine 1877, 422; 

 (3) Hume & Davis., Str. F. 1S78, VI, 456; (4) Gates, B. Br. Burmah 1883, 11, 

 372; (5) C. Swinh., Ibis 1885, 132; (6) Gates, Ibis, 1888, 73; (7) Hume, Str. F. 

 1888, XI, 315; (8) Tristr., Cat. CoU. B. 1889, 22; (9) Hartert, Kat. Vog. Senckenb. 

 Mus. 1891, 215; (10) De La Touche, Ibis 1892, 496. 



g. Microsarcops cinereus (1) Sharpe, Cat. B. 1896, XXIV, 133, 732. 



For some further references cf. Gates f 4^ Sharpe g 1. 



Figures and descriptions. Temminck & Schlegel h I; Schlegel 2; Seebohm 3 (woodcut); 

 Jerdon d 1; David & Gustalet f 2; Gates f 4\ Sharpe g 1. 



Winter plumage. Above deep d^ab-bro^vn, greyer on head and neck, paler on breast, 

 whitish on chin; remaining under-parts pure white; primaries, primary-co- 

 verts and alula black; secondaries and external rows of upper wing-coverts 

 white (in this sjjecimen the outer secondaries tipped with black); upper tail-coverts 

 white; tail wliite, crossed close to the tip by a broad black band, narrowing late- 

 rally, disappearing altogether on the outermost feather; carpus with a large spur (bony 

 knob); a small wattle on the lores; a small hind toe (10 mm); "edges of the eyelids, 

 lappets, and the basal two-thirds of the bill deep yellow, terminal third black; iris 

 red; legs and toes dull yellow; claws black"; wing 235 mm; tail 100; tarsus 81; 

 middle toe wlWx claw 43; bill from feathers of forehead 39 (Gorontalo, Celebes: 

 Eiedel — C 273). 



Breeding plumage. Head and neck are grey, and the grey of the breast is bounded below 

 by a broad black band. 



Eggs. 4 in number, resembling the Common Plover's (Vandlus cristatus), but not so pointed 

 (Japan — Blakiston & Pryer b 2). 



Nest. "The eggs are laid among the grass growing on the ridges which separate the paddy 

 fields" (b 2). 



Distribution. Japan fSiebold b I, Blak. & Pryer 4); Corea (Kalin. b 3, Campb. 7); S. E. 

 Mongolia (David f 2, Prjevalsky d 2); China (David f 2, Swinh. f 1, etc.); India 

 Jerdon d 1, Hume, etc.); Biu-mah (Gates d 4, d 6); Tenasserim (Davison f 3); 

 Ceylon (Nevill g 1); N. Celebes — Gorontalo (Eiedel in Dresden Mus.). 



The Grey-headed Plover is a new addition to the avifauna of Celebes. 

 There is a single specimen in the Dresden Museum obtained almost 30 years 

 ago by Dr. Riedel in the Gorontalo District. Its occurrence there is somewhat 



