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PLUVIALIS DOMINICUS FULVUS (Gmelin) 



Charadrius fulvus Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 687, 1789 (Tahiti). 



Two males, Bangkok, September 11, 1925; one female, Bandon, 

 Januaiy 9, 1927. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected a male, two females, and one unsexed 

 on St. Luke Island, Mergui Archipelago, January 20, 21, 1900. 



This form is a winter visitor, occurring throughout the whole 

 country at that season. Deignan ^^ reports it uncommon at Chiengmai 

 from October to February. 



It breeds in northeastern Siberia and Alaska and winters in south- 

 eastern Asia and some of the Pacific Islands to Austraha. 



CHARADRIUS DUBIUS CURONICUS Gmelin 



Charadrius curonicus Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 692, 1789 

 (Curonia). 



Two males, Nong Mong, Muang Krabin, August 24, 1925; one 

 male and one female, Bangkok, November 3, 1926, April 12, 1934; 

 two males and one female, Sam Roi Yot, November 11, 1932. 



All the Philippine specimens examined by me have longer and 

 stouter bills and shorter wings than mainland birds. It is doubtful 

 if C. d. dubius extends to the continent. It hardly seems likely that 

 the bird breeding in eastern Asia (Korea, China, etc.) is the same as 

 that breeding in Europe, but of the latter I have seen but few 

 specimens. 



The form breeds in the greater part of Europe and in Asia south 

 to the Himalayas. It winters to the southward in Asia, in southern 

 China, Indo-China, Siam, India, the Malay Peninsula, to the Sunda 

 Islands. 



The records of the breeding and nonbreeding forms are so involved 

 that they are not given. 



CHARADRIUS DUBIUS JERDONI (Legge) 



Aegialitis jerdoni Legge, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 18S0, p. 39 (Ceylon and 

 central India). 



One female, Chiengmai, November 27, 1928. 



This is much smaller than the preceding form and is probably the 

 breeding bird of southeast contmental Asia. The above female 

 measures: Wing, 106; culmen, 12 mm. 



It ranges in southeastern Asia, from southern China to Indo-Cliina, 

 Siam, Burma, India, and the Malay Peninsula. It is said also to 

 extend southward to New Guinea. 



De Schauensee ^^ collected specimens at Petrieu, October 22, and 



»» Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Tli.st. Suppl., vol. 8, p. 171. 1931. 

 «« Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 278, 1934. 



