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Rai).— Deignan, Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., 1931, p. 171 (Chiang 

 Mai). 

 Hoplopterus duvaucelii, de Schauensee, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1934, 

 p. 27S (Chiang Saen Kao). — Deignan, Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., 

 1936, p. 82 (Chiang Mai).— Riley, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 172, 1938, p. 85 (Choui 

 Thong, Thattafang). 



Along our major streams, the abundant and conspicuous spurwing 

 replaces the preceding form or, at least, greatly outnumbers it. It 

 haunts the sand bars and shingly beaches of the Salwin, the Mae Ping, 

 the Mae Tha, the Mae Wang, the Mae Yom, the Mae Nan, the Mae Kok, 

 and the Mae Khong, only rarely leaving the edge of clear water to 

 settle in the nearby fields. 



The habits of this species are much like those of the red-wattled 

 lapwing. When alarmed and caused to fly it utters a nasal oonkh- 

 oonkh-oonkh or an equally nasal chao, chao-chao. 



On the Nan river, near Ban Pa Luat (just south of our limits), April 

 9, 1937, while exploring a great sandy area at night with the aid of a 

 torch, I was led by the outcries of the parents to discover three downy 

 young, cowering together in the shingle of an anabranch's dry bed. 

 One was collected; it has the upper half of the head rufous-buff, 

 spotted with black ; the posterior half of the crown edged with a con- 

 tinuous black band, beginning behind the eye; a white nuchal collar; 

 the entire underparts white, somewhat tinged with buffy on the upper 

 breast, lower flanks, and undertail ; the apical half of the wing white ; 

 the rest of the wing and the remaining upperparts rufous-buff; the 

 caudal down black. 



My mature specimens had the irides dark brown; the bill and carpal 

 spurs black ; the feet and toes slate color ; the claws slaty black. 



The adult has the crown and long, full crest, the cheeks, throat, 

 and center of the f oreneck black, all edged with white ; the back and 

 scapulars light brown; the tail with the basal half white, the apical 

 half black; the wing black, crossed by a broad, white bar; the under- 

 parts white, with a broad gray-brown pectoral band and a black 

 horseshoe on the abdomen. 



PLUVIALIS APRICARIA FULVA (Gmelin) 



Pacific Golden Plover 



[Charadrius] fulvus Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. G87 (Tahiti). 

 Pluvialis dominicus fulvus, Deignan, Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., 1931, 

 p. 171 (Chiang Mai) ; 1936, p. S3 (Chiang Mai). 



I believed at one time that the golden plover wintered in northern 

 Thailand, but reexamination of my records shows that it has been 

 found with us only in the months of October and February. At 

 Chiang Mai, the extreme dates are October 4 (1930) and February 17 



