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CHETTUSU.— SQUATAKOLA. 



Gregarious. Breeds in Punjab. Four or five eggs (1-8 x 1-3), pyriform, olive, 

 blotched brown. (J. 851. B. 1436.) 



Also the genus Erythrogonys. One species with white on wing — E. dnctiis, 7i", from Australia. 



Also the genus Lefillipia. Two species with white on wing — D. crassirostris, llj", from 

 N.E. Africa; and D. leucoptera, llj", from S.E. Africa. 



Also the genus Orecphilus. One species with no hind toe — 0. rujkollis, GJ", with scarcely 

 any connecting memhrane between the toes, from S. America. 



Genus CHETTUSIA. 



Head not crested. Plumage ashy. White on wings inside and out. Small 

 hind toe. Second or third primary longest. S.E. Europe to Turkistan, N.E. 

 Africa, and India. 



135. Chettusia gregaria. The Sociable Lapwing. 



tj 13". Legs dull black. Bill black. Crown black. Broad white super- 

 cilium. Abdomen deep black, bordered chestnut. Tail white with broad sub- 

 terminal black band on median rectrices, narrowing and disappearing before it 

 reaches the outermost pair. In winter : Crown olive. No abdominal patch. 

 Migratory, breeding in E. Europe and C. Asia, and wintering in N.E. Africa and 

 ]Sr.W. India. 



136. Chettusia leucura. The White-tailed Lapwing. 



X€uk6s= white. 



(5 11". Legs bright yellow. Bill black. No supercilium. Crown and back 

 light brpwn. Belly and flanks tinged rosy. Tail white. Breast slate-grey, 

 margined white. Breeds in Persia and Turkistan, and winters in N.E. Africa 

 and K India. (J. 853. B. 1438.) 



Genus SQUATAROLA. 



Squata,rSla=t'iie Italian name ; of uncertain origin. 



Minute hind toe, with rudimentary claw. Otherwise it agrees with Charadrius 

 in colour and structure, undergoing similar changes of plumage. 



137. Squatarola helvetica. The Geey Plover. 

 Swiss, from Helvetli = the inhabitants of Switzerland, whence M. de K^aumur first received 

 specimens. 



Bara-battan, India. 



Karachi, 10.10.74. 



