Oeder LIMICOL^.] 
[Fam. CHAEADEIID^. 
LOBIVANELLUS LOBATUS. 
(AUSTEALIAN MASKED PLOVER.) 
Tringa lohata. Lath. Inch Orn. Suppl. p. 65 (1801). 
Vanelhts novce hoUandice, Steph. Cent. Shaw’s Gen. Zool. vol. xi. p. 516 (1819). 
^^anellus lohatus, Vieill. Encycl. Meth., Orn. pt. iii. p. 1075 (1823). 
Charadrius lohatus, Wagl. Syst. Av. sp. 51 (1827). 
Vanellus gallinaceus, Jard. & Selb. 111. Orn. vol. ii. pi. 84 (1829). 
Lohivanellus lohatus, Gould, Birds of Austr. vol. vi. pi. 9 (1848). 
• suprk cinerascenti-hrunneus, tectricibus alarum clarius cinerascentibus : tectricibus primariorum remigibusque 
mgris, secundariis extbs cinerascenti-brunneis, intus basaliter albis : secundariis longioribus intimis dorso 
concoloribus : supracaudalibus albis, fasciam latam formautibus : cauda dimidiatim alb^, fascia mediant 
pallide cinerascenti-brunne&, parte terminali nigra, fasciam latam nigram exhibente, apicaliter albo aut 
pallid^ cinerascente limbato ; pileo toto et collo postico angustatim nigris, hoc utrinque usque ad pectus 
laterale nigrum extenso ; facie laterali, collo laterali ct corpore subtiis toto cum subcaudalibus, subalaribus 
et axillaribus, pure albis : carunculo lobato fasciali flavo. 
Adult. Crown of head, nape, hind neck, and a graduating band on the sides of the chest, interrupted in front, 
jet-black •, the shoulders, the whole of the back, and the upper surface of the wings cinnamon-grey, changing 
in certain lights throat, fore neck, sides of the neck, and the entire under surface, as well as the lining of 
the wings, pure white ; primaries and outer secondaries brownish black ; middle secondaries brownish black 
lu their apical portion, cinnamon-grey towards the base, the latter colour gradually spreading till it entirely 
prevads on the long inner secondaries, which are whitish on their basal portion ; tail-feathers pure white in 
their basal half, then black, with a narrow terminal edge of greyish white. Bill pale sulphur-yellow ; lobed 
mask brighter yellow ; legs and feet delicate red. Extreme length 13’6 inches ; wing, from flexure, 10 ; wing- 
spur 6 ; tail 4‘5 ; bill, along the ridge 1'3, along the edge of lower mandible 1'2 ; tarsus 3 j bare tibia 1'5 ; 
middle toe and claw 1-2. 
Obs, Of the New-Zealand specimen mentioned below Mr. Drew has sent me the following measurements : — 
Length 12'6 inches; wing 10'4; extent of Avings 33 ; tail 4'6; upper mandible 1'3; spur on wing '5 ; 
tarsus 3'6; bare tibia 1'5 ; middle toe and claw 1'4, hind toe '2.” 
I am indebted to Mr. S. H. Drew, of Wanganui, for a notice of the recent occurrence of this Austra- 
ian species in New Zealand. Writing to me on the 4th August, 1886, he says: — “I have just 
received a bird that I take to be a Plover, and as I do not see it mentioned in your ‘ Manual,’ I 
asten to let you have a description. The bird was alive when I took the measurements, so was not 
istorted by stuffing. It is a beautiful bird, and as I let it lie on my hand it does not peck or even 
attempt to get away. But it is very emaciated and I cannot induce it to eat anything. It was taken 
at Kai-iwi by Mr. George Peake, who found it in one of his paddocks.” 
It is common in vwious parts of New South Wales and on some of the islands in Bass Strait, 
w lere it has been found breeding in the month of January. 
