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LOBIVANELLUS. 



Determina- 

 tion of the 

 type. 



Wattled Lapwing [Lobivanellus senegalensis). The ornithologist placed it in the genus 

 Vanellus ; but the botanist removed it to the genus Parra, in consequence of the lobes on 

 its face and the spurs on its wings. 



When Strickland established the genus Lobivanellus he omitted to say which of the 

 various species which he placed in it should be regarded as the type, although, in the 

 following year, we find his name at the head of the committee who signed the Report 

 addressed to the British Association, declaring the importance of so doing. The species 

 already named being the one which was first discovered, and being furnished not only with 

 well-developed lobes on its lores, but also with spurs on its wings and hind toes on its feet, 

 may reasonably be accepted as the type. 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION 



(during the breeding-season). 



Three-toed. 



Pal^arctic Region. 

 Dauria to North China. 



Four-toed. 



L. CINEREUS. 



L. SUPERCILIOSUS -\ 



L. ALBICEPS > 



L. TECTUS J 



Ethiopian Region. 



Tropical Africa. 



East Africa. 

 South Afi'ica. 



L. SENEGALENSIS. 



L. MELANOCEPHALUS. 

 L. LATERALIS. 



L. MALABARICUS 



Oriental Region. 



S. Persia to India. 



India. 



Burma and Cochin China. 



Java to Timor. 



L. INDICUS. 



L. ATRONUCHALIS. 

 L. CUCULLATUS. 



L. PECTORALIS 



Australian Region. 



N. Australia and adjoining -\ 

 Islands. J 



East Australia. 



L. PERSONATUS. 

 L. LOBATUS. 



The Wattled Lapwings are entirely unrepresented on the American continent, being 

 found neither in the Nearctic nor in the Neotropical Regions. 



