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L0B1VANELLTJS. 



Geographi- 

 cal distribu- 

 tion. 



Nearest 

 allies. 



It breeds in South-east Mongolia, North China, and Japan, and winters in North-east 

 India and the Burma Peninsula. 



The Grey-headed Wattled Lapwing can only claim admission to the genus Lobivanellus 

 by virtue of a small wattle on the lores. It must be regarded as a connecting link between 

 that genus and Va?iellus. It is probably not very distantly related to V. leucurus; and 

 since it is the only species of Wattled Lapwing which still inhabits the immediate 

 neighbourhood of the great steppes, where the common ancestors of the two genera appear 

 to have lived, we may perhaps assume that it is one of their least changed descendants. 



LOBIVANELLUS INDICUS. 



BRONZE-WINGED WATTLED LAPWING. 



Diagnosis. Lobivanellus rectricum fascia alba terminali lata (circa 15 ad 20 millim.). 



Variations. 



The Bronze-winged Wattled Lapwings east of the Ganges differ so much from the typical 

 form that they must certainly be regarded as subspecifically distinct. Legge says that ex- 

 amples from Ceylon are smaller than those from the mainland, the former varying in length 





