494< Mr. J. Whitehead on Birds 



certainly met with it on the grassy mountain-slopes in 

 Benguet at 5000 feet, but although I fired several shots 

 with my collecting-gun, I failed to secure one, as the 

 bird rises at one's feet, flies very fast for a short distance 

 only, when it drops and runs. I saw a stuft'ed specimen in 

 Manila, which I was assured came from the island of Bohol. 

 Iris pale straw-yellow ; bill dark brown at tip, pinkish at 

 base; legs pale pinkish yellow. 



311. EsAcus MAGNiROSTRis Gcoffr. St.-Hil. (Grant, Ibis, 

 1896, p. 127.) 



A pair of the Great Thick-kneed Plover frequented a 

 small island off the coast of Cape Engano, and, judging by 

 their ways, I am sure they had young hidden somewhere in 

 the scrub which covered part of the island. 



312. Charadrius fulvus Gmel. (Grant, Ibis, 1895, 

 p. 266.) 



The Asiatic Golden Plover is a common winter migrant 

 to the Philippines and the Malay Islands. It arrives in the 

 first days of September (still in its breeding-plumage), and 

 remains until nearly the middle of April. I saw large flocks 

 on the north coast of Luzon on the 9th of that month. 



313. ^GiALiTis PERONi (S. MiilL). (Grant, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 126.) 



This small Sand-Plover is a resident species in the Philip- 

 pines, and also in Borneo. It frequents the sea-coasts in 

 pairs or in small parties of five (the adults and three young). 

 At Cape Engaiio I was fortunate in finding a clutch of three 

 eggs laid on the sand a few yards above high-water mark. 

 The egg is well figured in this Journal (1898, pi. vi. fig. 8). 

 On the same day I found young nearly full-grown. 



314. ^GiALiTis DUBius (Scop.). (Grant, Ibis, 1895, 

 pp. 266, 472.) 



This Sand-Plover is also resident in the Philippines, fre- 

 quenting the shingle-banks in the rivers of North Luzon. 

 I failed to find its young or eggs, though I have no doubt 

 that several pairs met with had their young in my vicinity. 



