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below the eye extending above the ear-eoverts; cheeks white, extending in 

 a line along base of upper mandible and forming a streak in front of eye; 

 fore part of cheeks black; chin and tliroat white; lower throat ashy brown, 

 streaked with darker brown, as also the sides of neck ; breast pale ashy ; 

 remainder of the under surface white with a slight tawny tinge; under 

 tail-coverts tawny-buff; under wing-coverts and axillars white. 'Base of 

 bill sulphur-yellow, continued along the sides of upper mandible above 

 nostrils ; remainder of bill black ; tibia lemon-yellow ; tarsi and feet wine- 

 yellow ; upper ridges of scales of toes lead-color ; eyelids primrose-yellow ; 

 iris pale yellow.' (Gouhl.) Length, about 483; culmen, 76; wing, 274; 

 tail, 109; tarsus, 84. 



"AduU female. — Similar to the male in color. Length, about 508; 

 culmen, 71; wing, 269; tail, 109; tarsus, 83. 



"Young. — Two specimens from the Duke of York Island and Gua- 

 daleanar are apparently immature, having the feathers of the upper sur- 

 face tipped with sandy buff, especially on the wing-coverts, where the 

 white band on the median series is not so defined as in the adults, but 

 showing a broader band of brown-tipped feathers below. There is, how- 

 ever, a second white band formed by the white tips to the greater wing- 

 coverts, and it is somewhat curious that this should be a sign of im- 

 maturity." (Sharpe.) 



The stone plover is remarkable for its large and powerful bill. It is 

 rare in the Philippine Islands and so far as observed it is found on sea- 

 beaches where it subsists upon sand-crabs. 



Order GRUIFORMES. 



CRANES. 



Very large; bill moderate, straight, and somewhat compressed, rather 

 blunt; nostrils large, elongated, and pervious, situated half way between 

 tip and base of bill; neck very long, its upper part and the head clothed 

 with few, hair-like feathers; wing rounded; secondaries longer than 

 primaries; tail short and soft; legs very long; toes stout; hind toe short 

 and elevated. 



Suborder GRUES. 

 Family GRUIDiE. 

 Characters same as those given for the Order. 



Genus ANTIGONE Reichenbach, 1852. 

 Characters same as those given for the Order. 



