SARCOGRAMMUS.— MICEOSAECOPS. 159 



(ii.) With no wing-spur and with a facial wattle. 



Genus SARCOGRAMMUS. 



Small -hind toe, Nasal groove extending beyond middle of bill. Fleshy 

 wattles in front of the eyes. Wing with tubercle developed into a short spur in 

 breeding season. Tarsus reticulated throughout. 



149. Sarcogrammus indicus. The Ebd-wattled Lapwing. 

 Titai, Titiri, India; Yennapa, Chittawa (Telugu) ; Alkati (Tamil) ; Kiralla, Ceylon. 



(J 13|". 9 13". Legs bright yellow. Bill red, tip black. Eyelid and wattle 

 lake. Head and breast black. Side of nape and round nape white. White wing- 

 bar. Tail white with broad black subterminal band. From Prussia, Mesopotamia, 

 N. Arabia to Afghanistan, Kashmir, India, Assam, and Ceylon. Four eggs 

 (1-64 X 1-2), yellow, blotched brown. "Did you do it" of Anglq-Indians. 

 (J. 855. B. 1431.) 



150. Sarcogrammus atrinuchalis. The Burmese Red-wattled Lapwing. 



Titidu, Burma. 



(J 12 J". 5 13". Similar to S. indicus, but the neck is black all round, and 

 the white eye-patch does not extend beyond the ear-coverts. Also a white bar 

 bordering the black of upper back. Burma and Cochin China to the Malayan 

 Peninsula and Sumatra. 



Also the genus Tylibyx. One species — T. melanoeephalus, llj", from N.E. Africa. 



Genus MICROSARCOPS. 



Small hind toe. Tarsi transversely shielded in front. 



151. Microsarcops cinereus. The Grey-headed Wattled Lapwing. 



Chappour, India. 



$ 14". 5 14|". Legs bright yellow. Bill yellow, terminal third black, basal 

 two-thirds yellow. Head, neck, and breast light grey, passing into black. Lower 

 plumage white. Small frontal lobes yellow. Winter visitor to Bengal, Assam, 

 and Burma, breeding in Mongolia, N. China, and Japan. (J. 854. B. 1434.) 



