198 



LOBIViiNELLUS. 



Specific 

 characters. 



Geographi- 

 cal distribu- 

 tion. 



developed black crest when adult, but also in having a narrow black band reaching from 

 the throat down the breast almost to the belly. 



At all ages it may be recognized by the amount of white on the innermost primaries 

 and outermost secondaries. The base of these feathers for about half the length of both 

 webs is white, the terminal half being nearly black. In this little group of five species the 

 amount of white on the wing is an important character to distinguish the young in first 

 plumage. In L. albiceps the primary-coverts and innermost primaries are white. In 

 Z. tectus the primary -coverts are white, but the terminal half of the outermost secondaries 

 is black. 



The Crested Wattled Lapwing is found in Arabia Petrsea, whence I have an example 

 collected by Mr. Lord in the Wady-el-Arabah in 1869. I have also an example said to 

 have come from Egypt, and Riippell notes its occasional occurrence in that country (Syst. 

 Uebers. Vog. N.O.-Afr. p. 118). It is not uncommon in Kordofan, Sennar, the province 

 of Taka, the coast of Abyssinia, and the Dahlak Archipelago (Heuglin, Orn. N.O.-Afr. 

 ii. p. 1009). It appears to occur as far east as the Gulf of Aden (if the Berdera of 

 Reichenow be identical with Berbera) ; and probably ranges across Africa, as it has been 

 recorded from Senegal (Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Cursores, p. 66). 



LOBIVANELLUS MALABARICUS. 



BUFFON'S WATTLED LAPWING. 

 Diagnosis. LoBiv.iNELLus halluce nullo : rectricibus lateralibus albis : pedibus flavis. 



