LOBIVANELLUS INDICUS. 965 



parapet of the roof to the ground I could not ascertain. These particular eggs had been kept in their places 

 on the flat roof by a circle of fair-sized pieces of mortar, heavy enough to resist the strong winds which often 

 in Upper India usher in the rainy season. Very generally the eggs are laid in a simple depression in the 

 earth ; but not unfrequently the hollow is surrounded by a little circle of stones or a little ridge of sand." 



The ground-colour in a large series is in some reddish buff, and in others coffee-coloured, or again pale 

 olive-green. The average size of a large series is, writes Mr. Hume, T64 by T2 inch. 



Genus LOBIPLUVIA. 

 Bill shorter and wider at the base than in the last ; base of the lappets extending from the eye 

 to the culmen. Wings long, much pointed, when closed reaching beyond the tail ; the 2nd quill 

 the longest, 3rd as long as the 1st. Tail of 12 feathers, shorter than in Lobivanellus, even at the 

 tip. Legs long and slender ; toes short ; hind toe wanting. 



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