LOBIVANELLUS. 229 



Gen. Chettusia-— 5p. 



Head not crested ; plumage ashy ; otherwise as in Vanellus. 



Chettusia gregaria, Pallas, Zoogr. ii. t. 56 ; Oould. B. Eur. pi. 

 292; Jerd. Birds Lid. iii. p. 644, No. 852; Sir. F.i. 231; iv. 13; 

 Murray, Hdhlc, Zool., Sfc, Sind, p. 210. — The Black-sided Lapwing. 



Forehead, superciliary extending to the occiput, lower belly, vent 

 and under tail-coverts white; top of head, a narrow band from the base 

 of the bill through the eye, and the middle of the abdomen black ; 

 back of neck, back, and scapulars olivaceous brown, tinged greyish; 

 sides of head and neck pale rufous, passing to greyish or brownish 

 on the breast; primaries black; secondai'ies white; tail and upper 

 tail-coverts white, with a broad subterminal black band, tipped with 

 white ; outermost feathers white. 



Length. — 12-5 to 13 inches, wing 8'5, tail 3 '5, tarsus 2'3, bill at 

 front 1'2. In the young the black abdominal patch is wanting. The 

 females are much duller than the males in colour. 



Hah. — Sind, Beloochistau, Persia, Afghanistan, Punjab, Kutch, 

 Kattiawar, Rajputana and Central India. 



Chettusia leucura, Licit. ; Bversm. Beise. p. 1S7; Jerd. B. Ind. iii. 

 p. 646, No. 853. Chettusia flavipes, Savigny, desc. de'l Egypt. Zool. 

 p. 6, f. 2. — The White-tailed Lapwing. 



Head and neck brown, very pale, almost fulvous on the forehead; a 

 small whitish patch behind the eye; chin and throat white; back and 

 scapulars brown, glossed with reddish purple ; upper tail-coverts and tail 

 white ; breast pale greyish brown, bluish ashy on the lower pari ; lower 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts white, the former tinged of a roseate 

 hue; primaries black ; secondaries white, broadly tipped on their outer 

 webs with black ; median and greater wing-coverts basally ashy, broadly 

 edged subterminally on the outer web with black and tipped with 

 white. 



Length. — 11 to 11 '5 inches, wing 7, tail 2'75, bill at front 1 ; bill 

 black, irides brown red, legs bright yellow. 



Eah. — Sind, Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Oudh,-Beloochistan, Afghan- 

 istan, Persia, Kutch, Kattiawar, and North Guzerat, also in Central 

 India, and probably the Deccan ; common in the vicinity of j heels, 

 tanks, &o. 



Gen. Lobivanellus. — Stridd. 



A lappet of skin in front of the eye extending to tie base of the 

 bill ; hind toe very small. 



Lobivanellus indicus, Bodd. ,- P. E. 807; Gould. C. B.E. pi. 78; 

 Str. F. iii. 648; vii. 67. Lobivanellus goensis, Jerd, iii. p. 648, 

 No. 855; Murray, Hdbh., Zool., Sfc, Sind, p. 211. — The Eed-wattled 

 Lapwing or " Did he do it." 



Head, nape, back of neck, chin, throat, neck in front and breast 

 "black ; a broad streak from behind the eye along the sides of the neck, 

 abdomen and upper and lower tail-coverts white ; tail white with a sub- 



