L0BIVANELL17S. 



Lobivanellus melanocephalus, Riippell, Syst. Uebers. V'og. N.O.-Afr. p. 115 (1845) 

 Chettusia melanocephala (Riipp.), Gray, Genera of Birds, iii. p. 541 (1847). 

 Tylibyx melanocephalus (Riipp.), Bonap. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 419 (1856). 

 Vanellus melanocephalus (Riipp.), Giebel, Thes. Orn. iii. p. 745 (1877). 



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Synonymy. 



Plates. — Riippell, Vog. N.O.-Afr. pi. 44. 

 Habits.— Heuglin, Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 1003: 

 Eggs.— Unknown. 



Literature. 



Blanford, Oeol. & Zool. Abyss, p. 430. 



Riippell's Wattled Lapwing having a land toe but no spur can only be confused when 

 adult with three other species, from which it is distinguished by its combination of the 

 two characters : sides of neck grey, throat black. I have never seen the young in first 

 plumage, but probably the character, dark subterminal band across the tail very narrow (less 

 than an inch), will distinguish them from all their allies. 



It is a resident in Nubia, Abyssinia, and the upper valley of the Nile. 



It resembles L. cinereus and L. indicus in its small wattle, absence of spur, and tion 

 presence of hind toe, and being intermediate between them in colour, is probably closely 

 allied to both. 



Specific 

 characters. 



Geographi- 

 cal distribu- 



Sabgeneric group Sarciophori : without a hind toe. 



LOBIVANELLUS ALBICEPS. 



BLACK-SHOULDEBED WATTLED LAPWING. (Plate VIII.) 

 Lobivanellus halluce nullo : calcaribus magnis. 



Diagnosis. 



No local races of this species are known. 



Vanellus albiceps 1 , Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1834, p. 45. 

 Lobivanellus albiceps (Gould), Strickland, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1841, p. 33. 

 Sarciophorus albiceps (Gould), Fraser, Zool. Typ. pi. 64 (1849). 

 Xiphidiopterus albiceps (Gould), Bonap. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 418 (1856). 

 Hoplopterus albiceps (Gould), Heuglin, Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 1007 (1873). 



1 How far this name is barred by the Charadrius albkeps of Temminck (Planches Coloriees, No. 526) 

 published in 1832, and now ranking as a synonym of Vanellus speciosus, it is difficult to determine. 



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Variations. 



Synonymy. 



