102 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



"Adult male. — Above light brown^ with a slight bronzy gloss; rump, 

 upper tail-coverts, and base of tail white; terminal third of tail black, 

 forming a broad band, tips white with a slight subterminal shade of 

 brown, the black band vanishing toward the outer tail-feather, which is 

 entirely white; wing-coverts brown like the back, but a little paler; 

 median coverts with narrow white tips, except the outer ones, which are 

 pure white; greater coverts nearly entirely white, with brown at the 

 extreme base, increasing in extent on the inner ones; alula dark brown; 

 primary-coverts and quills black; secondaries pure white; outer ones 

 dusky near the ends, inner ones externally light brown, and innermost 

 brown like the back; crown, nape, and hind neck, as well as side of face 

 and neck, throat, fore neck, and chest light pearly gray, with a narrow 

 black band across the upper breast; chin rather paler gray; remainder 

 of under surface including under wing-coverts and axillars, pure white. 

 'Basal two-thirds of bill deep yellow, terminal third black; feet dull 

 yellow, claws black; edges of eyelids and lappets deep yellow.' (Oates.) 

 Length, 355; culmen, 35; wing, 239; tail, 108; tarsus, 67. 



"Adult female. — Similar to the male in plumage. Length, 368; cul- 

 men, 35; wing, 239; tail, 107; tarsus, 68. 



"Adult in winter. — Differs from the summer plumage in having the 

 gray of head and throat washed with brown, especially on the chest; the 

 black band obscured by ashy or whitish tips to the feathers." (Sharpe.) 



Young male in ivinter. — Upper parts brown with a slight gloss, the 

 feathers with dusky shafts ; forehead and neck a trifle lighter and grayer ; 

 upper tail-coverts and tail white, rectrices with a subterminal, blackish 

 band which is widest on central pair and absent from outermost pair; 

 chin whitish; throat, and sides of head and neck, light brown with 

 whitish streaks; breast brown, rest of under parts white; wing-coverts 

 brown like the back but a little paler, median coverts with narrow white 

 tips, except the outer ones which are pure white; greater coverts nearly 

 entirely white, with brown at extreme base, increasing in extent on inner 

 ones; alula dark brown; primary-coverts and quills black; secondaries 

 white, the inner ones externally light brown and the innermost brown 

 like the back. 



This lapwing resembles a large plover, but is distinguished by having 

 a small hind toe, a short and blunt wing-spur, and a small, fleshy wattle 

 or lappet between the eye and the base of bill. The only Philippine 

 specimen known was taken near Manila in January, 1906. 



Subfamily CHARADRIIN^. 



Bill moderate, not longer than head, culmen flat and straight from 

 base to the terminal swollen dertrum; first primary slightly the longest; 

 tarsus covered on all sides with small hexagonal scales; toes webbed at 

 base; hind toe minute or absent. 



