Birds of Celebes; Charadriidae. 
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315. LOBIVANELLUS CINEREUS (Blyth). 
Grey-headed Wattled Lapwing. 
a. Pluvianus cinereus (1) Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1842, IX, 587. 
b. Lobivanellus inornatus (I) Temm. & Schl. (nec Sws.), Baun. Jap. Aves 1850, 106, pi. 63; 
(2) Blak. & Fryer, Ibis 1878, 219; (3) Tacz., P. Z. S. 1888, 457. 
Lobivanellus cinereus (1) Blyth, Oat. B. Mus. As. Soc. 1849, 261; (2) Schl., Mus. P.-B., 
Cursores, 1865, 69; (3) Seeb., Distr. Charadr. 1887, 183; (4) id., B. Japan 1890, 
311; (5) Styan, Ibis 1891, 503; (6) W. Sclater, Ibis 1892, 87; (7) Campbell, 
t. c. 246. 
c. Sarcogrammus inornatus (1) B 23 ., Oompt. Bend. 1856, XLIII, 418, Nr. 89. 
d. Chettusia inornata (1) Jerd., B. India II, 1864, 646; (2) Prjev., Bowl. Orn. Misc. 1877, 
n, 433. 
e. Chaetusia cinerea (1) Blyth, Ibis 1867, 165. 
f. Chettusia cinerea (1) Swinb., P. Z. S. 1871, 403; (2) David & Oust., Ois. Chine 1877, 422; 
(3) Hume & Davis., Str. F. 1878, VI, 456; (4) Oates, B. Br. Burmab 1883, H, 
372; (5) 0. Swinb., Ibis 1885, 132; (6) Oates, Ibis, 1888, 73; (7) Hume, Str. F. 
1888, XI, 315; (8) Tristr., Oat. Coll. B. 1889, 22; (9) Hartert, Kat. Vog. Senckenb. 
Mus. 1891, 215; (10) De La Touche, Ibis 1892, 496. 
g. Microsarcops cinereus (1) Sharpe, Cat. B. 1896, XXIV, 133, 732. 
For some further references cf. Oates f 4, Sharpe g 1. 
Figures and descriptions. Temminck & Schlegel b I', Scblegel 2; Seebohm 3 (woodcut); 
Jerdon d V, David & Oustalet f 2\ Oates f 4\ Sharpe g 1. 
Winter plumage. Above deep drab-brown, greyer on head and neck, paler on breast, 
whitish on chin; remaining under-parts pure white; primaries, primary-co- 
verts and alula black; secondaries and external rows of upper wing-coverts 
white (in this specimen the outer secondaries tipped with black); upper tail-coverts 
white; tail white, crossed close to the tip by a broad black band, narrowing late- 
rally, disajjpearing altogether on the outermost feather; caqms with a large spur (bony 
knob); a small wattle on the lores; a small hind toe (10 mm); “edges of the eyelids, 
lajjpets, and the basal two-thirds of the bill deep yellow, terminal third black; iris 
red; legs and toes dull yellow; claws black”; wing 235 mm; tail 100; tarsus 81; 
middle toe Avith claw 13; bill from feathers of forehead 39 (Gorontalo, Celebes: 
Biedel — C 273). 
Breeding plumage. Head and neck are grey, and the grey of the breast is bounded below 
by a broad black band. 
Eggs. 4 in nrmiber, resembhng the Common Plover’s (Vanellus cristaius), but not so pointed 
(Japan — Blakiston & Pryer b 2). 
Nest. “The eggs are laid among the grass growing on the ridges which separate the paddy 
fields” (b 2). 
Distribution. Japan (Siebold b I, Blak. & Pryer 4]\ Corea (Kalin, b 3, Campb. 7), S. E. 
Mongolia (David f 2, Prjevalsky rf 2); China (David f 2, Swinh. f 1, etc.); India 
Jerdon d 1, Hume, etc.); Biu'niah (Oates d 4, ff); Tenasserim (Davison f 3)\ 
Ceylon (Nevill g T)\ N. Celebes — Gorontalo (Biedel in Dresden Mus.). 
The Grey-headed Plover is a new addition to the avifauna of Celebes. 
There is a single specimen in the Dresden Museum obtained almost 30 years 
ago by Dr. Biedel in the Gorontalo District. Its occurrence there is somewhat 
