110 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



"Adult male. — Above light browu, a little darker on rump aud central 

 tail-coverts; sides of rump and lateral upper tail-coverts pure white; wing- 

 coverts like back; feathers round the bend of wing darker brown; alula 

 blackish with white tips; primary-coverts blackish; primary quills 

 blackish, internally lighter brown, with dark shafts to all the primaries 

 except the first, where it is white; secondaries dusky, lighter and more 

 ashy brown internally, inner secondaries smoky brown, with a good deal 

 of white on both webs, the long inner secondaries like the back; tail ashy 

 brown, tipped with white, and with a subterminal black bar, outer feathers 

 more distinctly edged with white, the two outermost almost entirely white, 

 with a black patch on inner web corresponding to the subterminal bar 

 on the rest of the feathers; base of forehead, lores, feathers above and 

 below eye, and ear-coverts black ; a broad frontal band of white, followed 

 by another broad band of black above the eye, which is again succeeded 

 by another black line, which widens out above the eye and forms a distinct 

 eyebrow ; hinder crown as far as nape ashy brown ; round the neck a broad 

 white collar, continuous with the Avhite throat, and followed by a broad 

 band of black on lower hind neck, and continued across fore neck, widen- 

 ing out on the sides; cheeks, throat, and under surface pure white, in- 

 eluding under wing-coverts and axillars. 'Bill dusky black; feet flesh- 

 color; iris dusky brown; ring round eye bright yellow.' (Emin.) 

 Length, 173; culmen, 15; wing, 117; tail, 60; tarsus, 25; middle toe with 

 claw, 20. 



"Adult female. — Similar to the male, but with the markings not so 

 well developed, especially the black markings of the face and the black 

 bands on the hind neck and fore neck, the latter being much mixed with 

 brown. 'Bill black; feet pale flesh-color; iris dark browu; ring round 

 eye bright yellow.' (Hartert.) Length, 165; culmen, 16; wing. 117; 

 tail, 60; tarsus, 25. 



"Young. — Differs from the adults in wanting the black on the head, as 

 well as the black collars on the mantle and fore neck; general tone of 

 the plumage more rufescent than in the adults, and the whole of the 

 upper surface varied with wavy lines of pale sandy buff, before which is 

 a subterminal dusky bar; forehead pale sandy buff; ear-coverts dusky 

 l)Iackish; the collar on the fore neck composed of brown feathers, with 

 generally a tinge of sandy buff on the throat. The black markings on 

 the head and the black collars are gained by a molt in the following 

 spring. There appears to me to be also a change of feathers especially 

 on the neck collar." (Sharpe.) 



This little plover was abundant along the Baco Eiver in the vicinity 

 of Balete, Mindoro, where it nested on the extensive gravel-flats exposed 

 by low water. A nest found April 24, 1905, was a slight hollow, lined 

 with a mosaic of small pebbles. The three eggs measure 30.4 by 21.8: 

 28.9 by 21.8; 30.9 by 21.8. Their ground-color is very pale gray, almost 

 white, carrying a considerable number of small lilac-colored spots. Small 



